Vhembe | |
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.svg) Location in Limpopo | |
| Coordinates: 22°56′S 30°28′E / 22.933°S 30.467°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| Seat | Thohoyandou |
| Local municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Nenguda Dowelani[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25,597 km2 (9,883 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,294,722 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2016) | |
| • Black African | 98.7% |
| • Coloured | 0.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 0.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Venda | 67.2% |
| • Tsonga | 24.8% |
| • Northern Sotho | 1.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 1.3% |
| • Other | 5.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | DC34 |
The Vhembe District Municipality (Venda: Masipala wa Tshiṱiriki tsha Vhembe; Tsonga: Masipala wa Xifundza xa Vhembe) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is the northernmost district of the country and shares its northern border with the Beitbridge District in Zimbabwe and on the east with the Gaza Province in Mozambique. Vhembe consists of all the territories that were part of the former Venda Bantustan; however, two large densely populated districts of the former Tsonga homeland of Gazankulu, in particular, Hlanganani and Malamulele, were also incorporated into the municipality, hence the ethnic diversity of the district. The seat is Thohoyandou, the capital of the former Venda Bantustan. According to the 2011 census, the majority of the municipality's 800,000 inhabitants spoke TshiVenda as their mother language, while 400,000 spoke Xitsonga as their home language. However, the Tsonga people form the majority south of the Levubu River, while the Venda are the minority south of Levubu at 15%. The Sepedi speakers number 27,000. The district code is DC34.
- ^ "Executive Mayor". Vhembe District Municipality. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2015.