Frances Baard District Municipality

Frances Baard
Diamantveld
Official seal of Frances Baard
Location of Frances Baard District Municipality within Northern Cape
Location of Frances Baard District Municipality within Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°30′S 24°30′E / 28.500°S 24.500°E / -28.500; 24.500
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
SeatKimberley
Local municipalities
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorAchmat Florance
Area
 • Total12,836 km2 (4,956 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total382,086
 • Density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African65.5%
 • Coloured24.0%
 • Indian/Asian0.9%
 • White6.7%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana43.3%
 • Afrikaans38.6%
 • English6.2%
 • Xhosa4.9%
 • Other7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC9

The Frances Baard District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Frances Baard; Afrikaans: Frances Baard-distriksmunisipaliteit), previously the Diamantveld District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Kimberley. As of 2011, the majority of its 324,814 residents speak Setswana.[4] The district code is DC9.

Previously known as the Diamantveld District Municipality, it was renamed in honour of Frances Baard in June 2001. On 9 August 2009, a statue of Frances Baard was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins.[5]

  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. ^ Municipal Profiles Archived 2008-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Du Toit, A. 2009. "Baard only honoured after death" Noordkaap newspaper 19 Aug 2009:2