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Maruleng Local Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Seat
  
Hoedspruit

Time zone
  
SAST (UTC+2)

Area
  
3,244 kmĀ²

Black african population
  
95.5%

Native english speakers
  
1.6%

District
  
Mopani

Wards
  
14

Municipal code
  
LIM335

White population
  
3.8%

Native afrikaans speakers
  
2.7%

Province
  
Limpopo

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Maruleng Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Maruleng Local Municipality is Hoedspruit.

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Main places

The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Politics

The municipal council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of fifteen seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.

References

Maruleng Local Municipality Wikipedia