Namakwa District Municipality

Namakwa
Namakwa
District municipality
	Seal
	Location in South Africa
	Coordinates: 30°30′S 19°30′E / 30.500°S 19.500°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
Seat	Springbok
Local municipalities	List Richtersveld; Nama Khoi; Kamiesberg; Hantam; Karoo Hoogland; Khâi-Ma;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Mervin Cloete
Area
• Total	126,836 km2 (48,972 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	115,842
• Density	0.91/km2 (2.4/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	6.8%
• Coloured	83.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	8.7%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	93.9%
• Tswana	1.7%
• Xhosa	1.5%
• English	1.2%
• Other	1.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC6

The Namakwa District Municipality (Afrikaans: Namakwa-distriksmunisipaliteit) is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Namakwa is Springbok and the region is also known as Little Namaqualand. As of 2011, a majority of its 108,118 residents speak Afrikaans. The district code is DC6.

^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[muni_mayor-1] "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

[muni_population-2] "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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