The Capricorn District Municipality () is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through it. The capital is Polokwane. As of 2011, the vast majority of its 1,261,463 residents spoke Northern Sotho as their home language. The district code is DC35.

Geography Neighbours Capricorn is surrounded by: Vhembe (DC34) to the north-east Mopani (DC33) east Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the south Waterberg (DC36) to the west

Local municipalities The district contains the following local municipalities:

Local municipalityPopulation%Dominant languagePolokwane 508 272 44.02%Northern SothoLepelle-Nkumpi 227 965 19.74%Northern SothoBlouberg 161 326 13.97%Northern SothoAganang (was amalgamated into other municipalities in 2016) 147 686 12.79%Northern Sotho Molemole 109 442 9.48%Northern Sotho

Demographics The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

LanguagePopulation%Northern Sotho 1 055 421 84.90%Afrikaans 36 901 2.97%Tsonga 32 379 2.60%English 25 177 2.03%Ndebele 24 733 1.99%Other18 489 1.49%Venda 17 477 1.41%Zulu 11 671 0.94%Sotho 8 170 0.66%Tswana 6 990 0.56%Xhosa 2 167 0.17%Swati 1 418 0.11%

Gender GenderPopulation%Female 671 220 53.21%Male 590 242 46.79%

Ethnic group Ethnic groupPopulation%Black African 1 211 874 96.07%White African 35 470 2.81%Coloured 6 271 0.50%Indian/Asian 5 234 0.41%

Age AgePopulation%000 - 004 130 815 11.33%005 - 009 157 650 13.65%010 - 014 165 920 14.37%015 - 019 152 744 13.23%020 - 024 99 157 8.59%025 - 029 75 833 6.57%030 - 034 63 494 5.50%035 - 039 59 857 5.18%040 - 044 49 348 4.27%045 - 049 41 593 3.60%050 - 054 34 780 3.01%055 - 059 26 819 2.32%060 - 064 27 205 2.36%065 - 069 21 739 1.88%070 - 074 19 736 1.71%075 - 079 10 620 0.92%080 - 084 10 541 0.91%085 - 089 3 649 0.32%090 - 094 1 978 0.17%095 - 099 857 0.07%100 plus 338 0.03%

Politics Election results Election results for Capricorn in the South African general election, 2004. Population 18 and over: 601 852 [52.12% of total population] Total votes: 341 004 [29.53% of total population] Voting % estimate: 56.66% votes as a % of population 18 and over PartyVotes%African National Congress 301 125 88.31% Democratic Alliance 14 208 4.17% United Democratic Movement 6 238 1.83% African Christian Democratic Party 4 571 1.34% Pan African Congress 3 143 0.92% Azanian People's Organisation 2 921 0.86% Freedom Front Plus 2 296 0.67% New National Party 2 249 0.66% Independent Democrats 764 0.22% Inkhata Freedom Party 587 0.17% United Christian Democratic Party 497 0.15% NA 491 0.14% EMSA 328 0.10% SOPA 300 0.09% PJC 277 0.08% TOP 228 0.07% UF 215 0.06% CDP 213 0.06% KISS 125 0.04% NLP 121 0.04% Minority Front 107 0.03% Total 341 004 100.00%

See also Municipal Demarcation Board

References

External links Capricorn DM Official Website