Frances Baard District Municipality

Frances Baard Diamantveld
District municipality
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Location of Frances Baard District Municipality within Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°30′S 24°30′E / 28.500°S 24.500°E / -28.500; 24.500
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
Seat	Kimberley
Local municipalities	List Sol Plaatje Dikgatlong Magareng Phokwane
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Achmat Florance
Area
• Total	12,836 km2 (4,956 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	382,086
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	65.5%
• Coloured	24.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.9%
• White	6.7%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Tswana	43.3%
• Afrikaans	38.6%
• English	6.2%
• Xhosa	4.9%
• Other	7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC9

The Frances Baard District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Frances Baard; Afrikaans: Frances Baard-distriksmunisipaliteit), previously the Diamantveld District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Kimberley. As of 2011, the majority of its 324,814 residents speak Setswana.^[4] The district code is DC9.

Previously known as the Diamantveld District Municipality, it was renamed in honour of Frances Baard in June 2001. On 9 August 2009, a statue of Frances Baard was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins.^[5]