Ubuntu Local Municipality

Ubuntu
Oeboentoe, in Afrikaans orthography
Location in the Northern Cape
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 31°20′S 23°00′E / 31.333°S 23.000°E / -31.333; 23.000
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
DistrictPixley ka Seme
SeatVictoria West
Wards6
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorAmelia Kweleta (ANC)
Area
 • Total20,389 km2 (7,872 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total18,601
 • Density0.91/km2 (2.4/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African21.3%
 • Coloured69.8%
 • Indian/Asian0.5%
 • White7.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans82.7%
 • Xhosa12.5%
 • English1.8%
 • Other3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeNC071

Ubuntu Municipality (Afrikaans: Ubuntu Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Ubuntu) is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Its seat is Victoria West. Other towns in the municipality are Richmond, Loxton and two small railway villages Hutchinson and Merriman.

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