Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality

Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Official seal of Dr Kenneth Kaunda
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
SeatKlerksdorp
Local municipalities
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNikiwe Num
Area
 • Total
14,642 km2 (5,653 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
695,933
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African80.3%
 • Coloured4.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.7%
 • White14.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Tswana44.8%
 • Afrikaans18.4%
 • Sotho15.3%
 • Xhosa11.5%
 • Other10%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC40

The Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Dr Kenneth Kaunda; Afrikaans: Dr Kenneth Kaunda-distriksmunisipaliteit; Sotho: Masepala wa Setereke wa Dr Kenneth Kaunda; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Dr Kenneth Kaunda), formerly the Southern District Municipality,[3] is one of the 4 districts of the North West province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Klerksdorp. As of 2016, a plurality of its 742,821 residents speak Setswana. The majority of its residents live in the City of Matlosana. The district code is DC40. The district was formerly known as the Southern District Municipality. It is named after Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia.

  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.
  3. ^ "New Municipal Names". Municipal Demarcation Board. Archived from the original on 2006-09-24. Retrieved 2009-03-08.