The Xhariep District Municipality (; ; ) is one of the 5 districts of the Free State province of South Africa. The municipality is the largest in the Free State geographically and is known for its vast land. It is home to the largest dam in the county, the Gariep Dam, and has two mines, situated in Jagersfontein and Koffiefontein. The natural resources and the geographical position of the municipality make it a site with good potential for investment and development. The seat is Trompsburg. As of 2011, the largest language group is Sotho who make up 45.3% of the total population of 146,259. The district code is DC16.
Geography
Neighbours Xhariep is surrounded by: Lejweleputswa to the north (DC18) Mangaung Metro to the north-east The kingdom of Lesotho to the east Joe Gqabi District in Eastern Cape to the south (DC14) Pixley ka Seme in Northern Cape to the west (DC7) Frances Baard in Northern Cape to the north-west (DC9)
Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant languageKopanong 49 171 33.6%Sotho, AfrikaansLetsemeng 38 628 26.4%AfrikaansMohokare 34 146 23.4%SothoNaledi 24 314 16.6%Sotho
Demographics The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
LanguagePopulation%Sotho 64 536 45.32%Afrikaans 44 942 31.56%Xhosa 22 518 15.81%Tswana 5 000 3.51%English 2 282 1.60%Sign language1 083 0.76%Zulu, Ndebele, Swati 874 0.60%Other691 0.49%Northern Sotho 260 0.18%
Gender GenderPopulation%Female 74 600 51.01%Male 71 658 48.99%
Ethnic groups Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 114 806 78.49%Coloured 19 239 13.15%White 11 143 7.62%Indian/Asian 553 0.38%
Age AgePopulation%000 - 004 13 216 9.77%005 - 009 14 640 10.82%010 - 014 15 613 11.54%015 - 019 14 962 11.06%020 - 024 11 708 8.66%025 - 029 10 584 7.83%030 - 034 10 002 7.40%035 - 039 8 952 6.62%040 - 044 7 742 5.72%045 - 049 6 487 4.80%050 - 054 5 534 4.09%055 - 059 4 175 3.09%060 - 064 3 784 2.80%065 - 069 3 007 2.22%070 - 074 1 898 1.40%075 - 079 1 290 0.95%080 - 084 970 0.72%085 - 089 444 0.33%090 - 094 157 0.12%095 - 099 62 0.05%100 plus 26 0.02%
Politics Election results Election results for Xhariep in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 82 604 [61.07% of total population] Total votes: 43 082 [31.85% of total population] Voting % estimate: 52.15% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%African National Congress 34 697 80.54% Democratic Alliance 4 368 10.14% Freedom Front Plus 1 021 2.37% African Christian Democratic Party 749 1.74% Pan African Congress 718 1.67% New National Party 439 1.02% Independent Democrats 321 0.75% United Democratic Movement 183 0.42% Inkhata Freedom Party 94 0.22% United Christian Democratic Party 81 0.19% Azanian People's Organisation 80 0.19% UF 78 0.18% NA 66 0.15% SOPA 50 0.12% EMSA 31 0.07% CDP 28 0.06% TOP 27 0.06% PJC 27 0.06% NLP 11 0.03% Minority Front 7 0.02% KISS 6 0.01% Total 43 082 100.00%
References
External links Xhariep DM Official Website