Thembelihle | |
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 Seal | |
.svg) Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 29°45′S 23°45′E / 29.750°S 23.750°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Pixley ka Seme |
| Seat | Hopetown |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Leonard Makena[1] (EFF) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,023 km2 (3,098 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
| • Total | 22,542 |
| • Density | 2.8/km2 (7.3/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 12.2% |
| • Coloured | 67.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 19.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 90.4% |
| • Xhosa | 5.1% |
| • English | 1.3% |
| • Tswana | 1.3% |
| • Other | 1.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC076 |
Thembelihle Municipality (Afrikaans: Thembelihle Munisipaliteit), formerly known as Oranje-Karoo Municipality, is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Thembelihle is a Xhosa word meaning "good hope".[5]
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- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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- ^ South African Languages - Place names