Metsweding District Municipality | |
Settlement Type: | Former District municipality |
Map Alt: | Location in Gauteng |
Coordinates: | -25.8°N 73°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
Seat: | Bronkhorstspruit |
Parts Type: | Local municipalities |
P1: | Nokeng Tsa Taemane |
P2: | Kungwini |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup |
Demographics Type2: | Languages |
Timezone1: | South African Standard Time |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | DC46 |
Website: | www.metsweding.com |
Metsweding District Municipality was, from 2000 until 18 May 2011, a district municipality in Gauteng province, South Africa. Metsweding, and its component local municipalities, was disestablished and absorbed into the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on the date of the 2011 municipal election.[1]
The administrative seat of Metsweding was Bronkhorstspruit. The most spoken languages of its 159 861 people were IsiNdebele and Afrikaans (2001 Census).
Metsweding was surrounded by:
The district contained the following local municipalities, which have also been abolished:
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Ethnic group | Population | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Black African | 124 713 | 78.01% | |
White | 32 943 | 20.61% | |
Coloured | 1 930 | 1.21% | |
Indian/Asian | 275 | 0.17% |
Election results for Metsweding in the South African general election, 2004.
Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
44 191 | 74.36% | ||
9 985 | 16.80% | ||
1 611 | 2.71% | ||
1 234 | 2.08% | ||
478 | 0.80% | ||
338 | 0.57% | ||
318 | 0.54% | ||
311 | 0.52% | ||
270 | 0.45% | ||
139 | 0.23% | ||
131 | 0.22% | ||
129 | 0.22% | ||
116 | 0.20% | ||
43 | 0.07% | ||
41 | 0.07% | ||
22 | 0.04% | ||
20 | 0.03% | ||
18 | 0.03% | ||
18 | 0.03% | ||
9 | 0.02% | ||
4 | 0.01% | ||
Total | 59 426 | 100.00% |