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Mopani is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Mopani is Giyani. According to the 2016 Community Survey it has a population of 1,159,185.[4] The district code is DC33. After the 12th amendment of the Constitution of South Africa part of the area of the Bohlabela district was incorporated into Mopani.

Mopani
District municipality
Seal
Location in South Africa
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
Seat	Giyani
Local municipalities	List Greater Giyani Greater Letaba Greater Tzaneen Ba-Phalaborwa Maruleng
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Pule Shayi[2]
Area
• Total	20,011 km2 (7,726 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[3]
• Total	1,092,507
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [3]
• Black African	97.0%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	2.5%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Northern Sotho	45.9%
• Tsonga	44.3%
• Sotho	2.9%
• Afrikaans	2.1%
• Other	4.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC33

Geography

Neighbours

Mopani is surrounded by:

• the republic of Mozambique to the east
• Ehlanzeni (DC32) to the south
• Sekhukhune (DC35) to the south-west
• Capricorn (DC35) to the west
• Vhembe (DC34) to the north

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Name	Code	Seat	Area (km²)[5]	Population (2016)[4]	Pop. density (per km²)
Ba-Phalaborwa	LIM334	Phalaborwa	7,489	168,937	22.6
Greater Giyani	LIM331	Giyani	4,172	256,127	61.4
Greater Letaba	LIM332	Modjadjiskloof	1,891	218,030	115.3
Greater Tzaneen	LIM333	Tzaneen	2,897	416,146	143.7
Maruleng	LIM335	Hoedspruit	3,563	99,946	28.1

Demographics

The following statistics are from the Community Survey 2016.[6]

Language	Population	%
Northern Sotho	537,240	46.35%
Tsonga	518,462	44.73%
Sotho	30,646	2.64%
Afrikaans	19,370	1.67%
English	8,349	0.72%
Venda	4,397	0.38%
Zulu	2,029	0.18%
Swati	1,759	0.15%
Xhosa	1,588	0.14%
Tswana	881	0.08%
Khoi, Nama and San	729	0.06%
Ndebele	247	0.02%
Sign	160	0.01%
Other	7,984	0.69%
Not applicable	25,236	2.18%
Not specified	108	0.01%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	619,612	53.45%
Male	539,574	46.55%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Black African	1,130,512	97.53%
White	23,628	2.04%
Indian/Asian	2,918	0.25%
Coloured	2.128	0.18%

Age

Age	Population	%
0–4	136,331	11.76%
5–9	123,453	10.65%
10–14	105,887	9.13%
15–19	136,808	11.80%
20–24	120,118	10.36%
25–29	108,807	9.39%
30–34	88,778	7.66%
35–39	68,927	5.95%
40–44	59,369	5.12%
45–49	51,785	4.47%
50–54	42,471	3.66%
55–59	34,768	3.00%
60–64	28,875	2.49%
65–69	18,832	1.62%
70–74	14,444	1.25%
75–79	9,147	0.79%
80–84	4,676	0.40%
85–	5,711	0.49%

Politics

Election results

The following results are for the direct proportional representation election of members of the Mopani District Council on 3 August 2016.[7]

Party		Votes	%
	ANC	212,085	74.74%
	EFF	35,590	12.54%
	Democratic Alliance	19,965	7.04%
	African People's Convention	4,036	1.42%
	COPE	3,212	1.13%
	Civic Warriors of Maruleng	2,907	1.02%
	ACDP	1,339	0.47%
	Ximoko Party	1,289	0.45%
	National Independent Party	1,256	0.44%
	Freedom Front Plus	868	0.31%
	UDM	721	0.25%
	PAC	509	0.18%
Total		283,777
Valid votes		283,777	98.52%
Spoilt votes		4,254	1.48%
Total votes cast		288,031

See also

• Municipal Demarcation Board

References

External links

• Mopani DM Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Mopani District Municipality

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[ru] Мопани

Мопани (Mopani) — район провинции Лимпопо (ЮАР). Административный центр — Гияни. Район назван в честь часто встречающегося в нём дерева мопане. Большинство населения района говорит на языках тсонга и северный сото.

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