Sekhukhune District Municipality

Sekhukhune
Sekhukhune
District municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location in South Africa
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
Seat	Groblersdal
Local municipalities	List Fetakgomo/Tubatse; Ephraim Mogale; Elias Motsoaledi; Makhuduthamaga;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Cllr Maleke Mokganyetji
Area
• Total	13,528 km2 (5,223 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,076,840
• Density	80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016)
• Black African	98.6%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	1.1%
First languages (2011)
• Pedi	82.2%
• Southern Ndebele	4.4%
• Zulu	3.3%
• Tsonga	2.0%
• Other	8.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC47
Website	sekhukhunedistrict.gov.za

The Sekhukhune District Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Selete wa Sekhukhune) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Groblersdal. As of 2011, the majority of its 1,076,840 inhabitants spoke Sepedi. The district code is DC47.

This district is named after the natural region of Sekhukhuneland. Sekhukhuneland is named after the Pedi King Sekhukhune, who succeeded Sekwati in 1860 or 1861.

^ "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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