//Khara Hais Local Municipality

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//Khara Hais
Local municipality
Seal
Location in the Northern Cape
Coordinates: 27°40′S 21°20′E / 27.667°S 21.333°E / -27.667; 21.333
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	ZF Mgcawu
Seat	Upington
Wards	14
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Limakhotso Koloi (ANC)
Area
• Total	21,780 km2 (8,410 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	93,494
• Density	4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	23.1%
• Coloured	65.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.7%
• White	9.9%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Afrikaans	86.5%
• Xhosa	5.1%
• Tswana	3.6%
• English	1.9%
• Other	2.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	NC083

//Khara Hais Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It fell within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality and governed the town of Upington and surrounding rural areas. As of 2011^[update] the municipality had a population of approximately 93,500 people, and covered an area of 21,780 square kilometres (8,410 sq mi).^[3] The unusual spelling of the name comes from the original transcription of the Khwe language name, where the click consonant became "//".

After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged with the Mier Local Municipality to form the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality.