Dikgatlong Local Municipality

Dikgatlong
Official seal of Dikgatlong
Location in the Northern Cape
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°15′S 24°15′E / 28.250°S 24.250°E / -28.250; 24.250
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictFrances Baard
SeatBarkly West
Wards8
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorRuth Gopane
Area
 • Total7,315 km2 (2,824 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total46,841
 • Density6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African58.5%
 • Coloured28.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.6%
 • White3.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana52.7%
 • Afrikaans39.2%
 • English2.1%
 • Sotho1.7%
 • Other4.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC092

Dikgatlong Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Dikgatlong; Afrikaans: Dikgatlong Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province in South Africa. Dikgatlong is a Setswana name meaning "confluence", and refers to the place where the Harts and Vaal rivers flow into each other in Delportshoop. The name was used as early as 1700.[4]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ South African Languages - Place names