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Siyanda District Municipality

ZF Mgcawu
Benede Oranje
District municipality
Location in South Africa
Location in South Africa
Coordinates: 28°0′S 21°30′E / 28.000°S 21.500°E / -28.000; 21.500Coordinates: 28°0′S 21°30′E / 28.000°S 21.500°E / -28.000; 21.500
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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