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Metsweding District Municipality

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Country
  
South Africa

Municipal code
  
DC46

Province
  
Gauteng

Seat
  
Bronkhorstspruit

Website
  
www.metsweding.com

Metsweding District Municipality

Local municipalities
  
List Nokeng Tsa Taemane Kungwini

Time zone
  
South African Standard Time (UTC+2)

Metsweding District Municipality was, from 2000 till 18 May 2011, a district municipality in Gauteng province, South Africa. Metsweding, and its component local municipalities, was disestablished and absorbed into the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on the date of the 2011 municipal election.

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The administrative seat of Metsweding was Bronkhorstspruit. The most spoken languages of its 159 861 people were IsiNdebele and Afrikaans (2001 Census).

Neighbours

Metsweding was surrounded by:

  • Waterberg (DC36) to the north
  • Nkangala (DC31) to the east
  • Ekurhuleni (East Rand) to the south-west
  • Bojanala Platinum (DC36) to the north-west
  • Tshwane (Pretoria) to the west, into which it was merged

    • Local municipalities

    The district contained the following local municipalities, which have also been abolished:

    Demographics

    The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

    Election results

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

  • Population 18 and over: 109 820 [68.70% of total population]
  • Total votes: 59 426 [37.17% of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 54.11% votes as a % of population 18 and over

    • References

    Metsweding District Municipality Wikipedia
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