Waterberg District Municipality
District Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a district of South Africa. For the Namibian national park, see Waterberg National Park. For other uses, see Waterberg.
The Waterberg District Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Selete wa Waterberg; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Waterberg) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Modimolle. As of 2016, the majority of its 745,758 residents spoke Sepedi, also known as Northern Sotho. The district code is DC36.
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Waterberg | |
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![]() Location in Limpopo | |
Coordinates: 24°42′S 28°24′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Limpopo |
Seat | Modimolle |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Rosina Mokgotlane |
Area | |
• Total | 44,913 km2 (17,341 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 679,336 |
• Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2016) | |
• Black African | 91.3% |
• Coloured | 0.3% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 8.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Northern Sotho | 56.4% |
• Tswana | 11.5% |
• Tsonga | 8.3% |
• Afrikaans | 7.7% |
• Other | 16.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC36 |
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