The Pixley ka Seme District Municipality (; ) is one of the five districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Pixley ka Seme is De Aar. As of 2011, a majority (77%) of its 186,351 residents speak Afrikaans as a first language. The district code is DC7. It is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, one of the founders of the African National Congress.
Geography Neighbours Pixley ka Seme is surrounded by other districts as follows:
Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipalityPopulation (2022)%Dominant languageEmthanjeni 46,587 21,5AfrikaansSiyancuma 54,165 25.1AfrikaansUmsobomvu 29,555 13.6XhosaSiyathemba 27,105 12.5AfrikaansUbuntu 15,836 7.3AfrikaansThembelihle 22,542 10.4AfrikaansKareeberg 10,961 5.0AfrikaansRenosterberg 10,843 5.0Afrikaans
Demographics The following statistics are from the 2011 and 2022 census.
LanguagePopulation (2011)%Afrikaans 140,641 76.79%IsiXhosa 32,017 17.48%English 2,991 1.63%Tswana 2,922 1.60%Sesotho 1,483 0.81%Other 941 0.51%Sign language 745 0.41%IsiZulu 446 0.24%IsiNdebele 298 0.16%Sepedi 286 0.16%Tshivenda 171 0.09%Xitsonga 108 0.06%SiSwati 104 0.06%
Gender GenderPopulation (2011)%Population (2022)%Female 94,284 50.59112 05151.7Male 92,068 49.41104 53848.3
Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation (2011)%Population (2022)%Coloured 110,257 59.17128,78959.5Black African 58,614 31.4564,46129.8White 15,064 8.0821,4369.9Indian/Asian 1,046 0.561,6960.8Other 1,371 0.741850.1
Age AgePopulation (2011)%Population (2022)%000–004 17 114 10.4020 9529.6005–009 17 869 10.8620 1509.3010–014 18 744 11.3920 7539.5015–019 17 638 10.7220 5139.5020–024 12 796 7.7718 3678.5025–029 11 970 7.2717 0537.9030–034 11 858 7.2016 1847.5035–039 10 997 6.6815 1387.0040–044 9 664 5.8712 9426.0045–049 8 761 5.3211 2615.2050–054 7 090 4.3111 0665.2055–059 5 581 3.399 7334.5060–064 4 720 2.877 9333.7065–069 3 733 2.276 1482.8070–074 2 488 1.513 9481.8075–079 1 692 1.032 3291.1080–084 1 123 0.681 2050.6085–089 489 0.30845 (85+)0.4090–094 217 0.13 - -095–099 51 0.03 - -100 plus 13 0.01 - -
Politics Election results Election results for Pixley ka Seme in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 99 868 [60.67% of total population] Total votes: 66 585 [40.45% of total population] Voting % estimate: 66.67% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%African National Congress 43 618 65.51%New National Party 8 730 13.11%Democratic Alliance 7 067 10.61%Independent Democrats 3 298 4.95%Freedom Front Plus 1 225 1.84%African Christian Democratic Party 1 154 1.73%Pan Africanist Congress 305 0.46%United Democratic Movement 240 0.36%Inkatha Freedom Party 136 0.20%NA 110 0.17%PJC 105 0.16%United Christian Democratic Party 104 0.16%Azanian People's Organisation 97 0.15%EMSA 71 0.11%TOP 63 0.09%NLP 60 0.09%KISS 50 0.08%SOPA 50 0.08%CDP 43 0.06%UF 43 0.06%Minority Front 16 0.02%Total 66 585 100.00%
See also Karoo a general geographical area in South Africa
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