The Namakwa District Municipality () 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.

Community-based climate-adaptation projects in the district have been supported through the Community Adaptation Small Grants Facility, with Conservation South Africa serving as the Namakwa facilitating agency.

Geography Neighbours

Namakwa is surrounded by: the republic of Namibia in the north ZF Mgcawu (DC8) in the north-east Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the east Central Karoo (DC5) in the south-east Cape Winelands (DC2) – in the south (formerly the Boland District Municipality) West Coast (DC1) in the south-west the Atlantic Ocean in the west

Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Nama Khoi 44 752 41.39%Hantam 19 804 18.32%Khâi-Ma 11 348 10.50%Kamiesberg 10 743 9.94%Karoo Hoogland 10 508 9.72%Richtersveld 10 119 9.36%Namaqualand 813 0.75%

Demographics The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

LanguagePopulation%Afrikaans 103,304 95.55%Xhosa 1 595 1.48%Tswana 1 211 1.12%English1 143 1.06%Other415 0.38%Sotho 219 0.20%Zulu 116 0.11%Tsonga 26 0.02%Northern Sotho 18 0.02%Venda 16 0.01%Swati 15 0.01%Ndebele 9 0.01%

Gender GenderPopulation%Female 54 651 50.55%Male 53 467 49.45%

Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Coloured 90 713 83.90%White 12 757 11.80%Black African 4 523 4.18%Indian/Asian 125 0.12%

Age AgePopulation%000–004 9 990 9.24%005–009 10 690 9.89%010–014 11 028 10.20%015–019 9 809 9.07%020–024 8 212 7.60%025–029 8 367 7.74%030–034 8 647 8.00%035–039 8 086 7.48%040–044 6 996 6.47%045–049 6 387 5.91%050–054 4 971 4.60%055–059 4 232 3.91%060–064 3 437 3.18%065–069 2 671 2.47%070–074 1 929 1.78%075–079 1 216 1.12%080–084 786 0.73%085–089 453 0.42%090–094 165 0.15%095–099 43 0.04%100 plus 3 0.00%

Politics Election results Election results for Namakwa in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 70 397 [65.11% of total population] Total votes: 44 220 [40.90% of total population] Voting % estimate: 62.82% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%African National Congress 26 557 60.06% Democratic Alliance 7 104 16.07% New National Party 4 379 9.90% Independent Democrats 4 216 9.53% African Christian Democratic Party 867 1.96% Freedom Front Plus 536 1.21% Pan Africanist Congress 75 0.17% United Democratic Movement 63 0.14% United Christian Democratic Party 54 0.12% Inkhata Freedom Party 49 0.11% NA 42 0.09% EMSA 39 0.09% PJC 38 0.09% KISS 37 0.08% Azanian People's Organisation 34 0.08% CDP 28 0.06% SOPA 27 0.06% TOP 23 0.05% NLP 20 0.05% UF 18 0.04% Minority Front 14 0.03% Total 44 220 100.00%

References

External links Official Website for Namakwa District Municipality