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Capricorn District Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Time zone
  
SAST (UTC+2)

Area
  
21,705 km²

Black african population
  
96.1%

Province
  
Limpopo

Seat
  
Polokwane

Municipal code
  
DC35

White population
  
2.8%

Native afrikaans speakers
  
3%

Capricorn District Municipality httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Local municipalities
  
List Blouberg Molemole Polokwane Lepelle-Nkumpi

Colleges and Universities
  
University of Limpopo, University of Limpopo, Turfloop

Points of interest
  
Polokwane Game Reserve, Polokwane Art Museum, Blouberg Nature Reserve, Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve, Bakone Malapa Northern

Capricorn is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through it. The seat of Capricorn is Polokwane. The majority of its 1 154 673 people speak Northern Sotho (2001 census). The district code is DC35.

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Map of Central, South Africa

Neighbours

Capricorn is surrounded by:

  • Vhembe (DC34) to the north-east
  • Mopani (DC33) east
  • Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the south
  • Waterberg (DC36) to the west

    • Local municipalities

    The district contains the following local municipalities:

    Demographics

    The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

    Election results

    Election results for Capricorn in the South African general election, 2004.

  • Population 18 and over: 601 852 [52.12% of total population]
  • Total votes: 341 004 [29.53% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 56.66% votes as a % of population 18 and over

    • References

    Capricorn District Municipality Wikipedia
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