Siyanda District Municipality
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ZF Mgcawu Benede Oranje |
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| District municipality | |
.svg) Location in South Africa |
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| Coordinates: 28°0′S 21°30′E / 28.000°S 21.500°ECoordinates: 28°0′S 21°30′E / 28.000°S 21.500°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| Seat | Upington |
| Local municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Gift van Staden |
| Area | |
| • Total | 102,524 km2 (39,585 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 236,783 |
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (6.0/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 29.4% |
| • Coloured | 60.4% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
| • White | 8.2% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 76.4% |
| • Tswana | 15.8% |
| • Xhosa | 2.7% |
| • English | 1.8% |
| • Other | 3.3% |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) |
| Municipal code | DC8 |
The ZF Mgcawu District Municipality (known before 1 July 2013 as Siyanda) is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of ZF Mgcawu is Upington. The majority (76%) of its 236,783 people speak Afrikaans (2011 Census). The district code is DC8.
ZF Mgcawu District Municipality is named after Upington's first post-1994 democratically elected mayor, Zwelentlanga Fatman Mgcawu. In a previous renaming, from Gordonia, the name Siyanda, meaning "we are growing", was used.
ZF Mgcawu is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Election results for Siyanda in the South African general election, 2004.
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