Mothibistad

Mothibistad is a town situated 9 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Kuruman in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Before 1994 it was in the Bophuthatswana bantustan, and from 1994 until a border change in 2006 it was in North West province. According to the census of 2011 it had a population of 9,616, of whom 99% described themselves as Black African and 88% spoke Tswana as a first language.^[1] It falls within the Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality and the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality.

Mothibistad
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Coordinates: 27.399°S 23.489°E / -27.399; 23.489
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	John Taolo Gaetsewe
Municipality	Ga-Segonyana
Area [1]
• Total	5.49 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	9,616
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	98.9%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Tswana	88.0%
• English	3.0%
• S. Ndebele	1.7%
• Zulu	1.4%
• Other	5.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Area code	053

References

1. "Main Place Mothibistad". Census 2011.