Administrative Division of South Africa: Provinces and Municipalities

Contents: Provinces and Municipalities

The population of the provinces and municipalities of South Africa.

Name	Status	Population census 1996-10-09	Population census 2001-10-09	Population census 2011-10-09
Eastern Cape	Province	6,147,244	6,278,651	6,562,053	o
Amahlathi	Local Municipality	136,461	137,904	122,778	o
Baviaans	Local Municipality	17,089	16,897	17,761	o
Blue Crane Route	Local Municipality	34,577	35,407	36,002	o
Buffalo City (East London)	Metropolitan Municipality	685,727	704,855	755,200	o
Camdeboo	Local Municipality	46,824	45,773	50,993	o
Elundini	Local Municipality	134,888	137,394	138,141	o
Emalahleni	Local Municipality	130,670	121,822	119,460	o
Engcobo	Local Municipality	165,041	162,248	155,513	o
Gariep	Local Municipality	29,610	31,314	33,677	o
Great Kei	Local Municipality	40,086	44,459	38,991	o
Ikwezi	Local Municipality	10,518	10,367	10,537	o
Inkwanca	Local Municipality	19,426	20,244	21,971	o
Intsika Yethu	Local Municipality	164,448	154,828	145,372	o
Inxuba Yethemba	Local Municipality	57,872	60,364	65,560	o
King Sabata Dalindyebo	Local Municipality	396,312	416,348	451,710	o
Kouga	Local Municipality	63,241	71,390	98,558	o
Kou-Kamma	Local Municipality	28,204	34,439	40,663	o
Lukanji	Local Municipality	176,365	181,799	190,723	o
Makana	Local Municipality	77,656	75,302	80,390	o
Maletswai	Local Municipality	32,242	37,307	43,800	o
Matatiele	Local Municipality	200,867	194,630	203,843	o
Mbhashe	Local Municipality	255,748	263,959	254,909	o
Mbizana	Local Municipality	235,505	245,730	281,905	o
Mhlontlo	Local Municipality	200,518	202,933	188,226	o
Mnquma	Local Municipality	286,592	283,667	252,390	o
Ndlambe	Local Municipality	46,514	54,717	61,176	o
Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth)	Metropolitan Municipality	969,518	1,005,780	1,152,115	o
Ngqushwa	Local Municipality	93,320	84,233	72,190	o
Ngquza Hill (Qaukeni)	Local Municipality	245,363	254,480	278,481	o
Nkonkobe	Local Municipality	144,161	129,874	127,115	o
Ntabankulu	Local Municipality	119,765	130,980	123,976	o
Nxuba	Local Municipality	24,792	24,824	24,264	o
Nyandeni	Local Municipality	260,799	274,416	290,390	o
Port St Johns	Local Municipality	145,957	146,967	156,136	o
Sakhisizwe	Local Municipality	65,224	66,447	63,582	o
Senqu	Local Municipality	131,258	135,734	134,150	o
Sunday's River Valley	Local Municipality	45,537	43,914	54,504	o
Tsolwana	Local Municipality	35,104	32,537	33,281	o
Umzimvubu	Local Municipality	193,448	202,369	191,620	o
Free State (Oranje Free State)	Province	2,633,504	2,706,775	2,745,590	o
Dihlabeng	Local Municipality	107,798	129,338	128,704	o
Kopanong	Local Municipality	50,017	56,079	49,171	o
Letsemeng	Local Municipality	35,449	42,847	38,628	o
Mafube	Local Municipality	52,005	56,637	57,876	o
Maluti a Phofung	Local Municipality	353,238	360,549	335,784	o
Mangaung (Bloemfontein)	Metropolitan Municipality	603,528	645,440	747,431	o
Mantsopa	Local Municipality	50,081	55,342	51,056	o
Masilonyana	Local Municipality	65,851	64,409	63,334	o
Matjhabeng	Local Municipality	476,763	408,170	406,461	o
Metsimaholo	Local Municipality	106,912	115,955	149,108	o
Mohokare	Local Municipality	36,238	36,321	34,146	o
Moqhaka	Local Municipality	169,440	167,892	160,532	o
Nala	Local Municipality	82,141	98,264	81,220	o
Naledi	Local Municipality	24,912	27,479	24,314	o
Ngwathe	Local Municipality	120,007	118,810	120,520	o
Nketoana	Local Municipality	64,284	61,951	60,324	o
Phumelela	Local Municipality	46,657	51,928	47,772	o
Setsoto	Local Municipality	109,768	123,194	112,597	o
Tokologo	Local Municipality	26,767	32,455	28,986	o
Tswelopele	Local Municipality	51,648	53,714	47,625	o
Gauteng	Province	7,834,125	9,388,854	12,272,263	o
City of Johannesburg	Metropolitan Municipality	2,638,470	3,226,060	4,434,827	o
City of Tshwane (Pretoria)	Metropolitan Municipality	1,792,360	2,142,320	2,921,488	o
Ekurhuleni (East Rand)	Metropolitan Municipality	2,026,980	2,481,760	3,178,470	o
Emfuleni	Local Municipality	597,285	657,949	721,663	o
Lesedi	Local Municipality	66,206	71,868	99,520	o
Merafong City	Local Municipality	209,727	210,481	197,520	o
Midvaal	Local Municipality	53,353	64,271	95,301	o
Mogale City	Local Municipality	226,446	295,505	362,422	o
Randfontein	Local Municipality	107,711	128,842	149,286	o
Westonaria	Local Municipality	115,592	109,799	111,767	o
KwaZulu-Natal	Province	8,572,302	9,584,129	10,267,300	o
Abaqulusi	Local Municipality	167,904	191,019	211,060	o
Dannhauser	Local Municipality	99,216	102,779	102,161	o
eDumbe	Local Municipality	65,368	82,241	82,053	o
eMadlangeni (Utrecht)	Local Municipality	23,915	32,277	34,442	o
Emnambithi/Ladysmith	Local Municipality	178,514	225,459	237,437	o
Endumeni	Local Municipality	44,402	51,101	64,862	o
eThekwini (Durban)	Metropolitan Municipality	2,748,300	3,090,121	3,442,361	o
Ezingoleni	Local Municipality	47,547	54,775	52,540	o
Greater Kokstad	Local Municipality	34,731	56,528	65,981	o
Hibiscus Coast	Local Municipality	191,201	217,824	256,135	o
Hlabisa	Local Municipality	65,978	69,269	71,925	o
Imbabazane	Local Municipality	112,522	120,622	113,073	o
Impendle	Local Municipality	39,957	37,844	33,105	o
Indaka	Local Municipality	98,478	113,644	103,116	o
Ingwe	Local Municipality	94,511	107,558	100,548	o
Jozini	Local Municipality	151,747	184,206	186,502	o
KwaDukuza	Local Municipality	143,758	167,805	231,187	o
Kwa Sani	Local Municipality	11,930	11,848	12,898	o
Mandeni (eNdondakusuka)	Local Municipality	107,070	127,327	138,078	o
Maphumulo	Local Municipality	124,677	120,643	96,724	o
Mfolozi (Mbonambi)	Local Municipality	96,461	106,942	122,889	o
Mkhambathini	Local Municipality	45,174	59,067	63,142	o
Mpofana	Local Municipality	25,512	36,832	38,103	o
Msinga	Local Municipality	160,149	167,274	177,577	o
Mthonjaneni	Local Municipality	36,827	50,382	47,818	o
Mtubatuba	Local Municipality	128,559	145,820	175,425	o
Ndwedwe	Local Municipality	169,234	144,615	140,820	o
Newcastle	Local Municipality	287,659	332,981	363,236	o
Nkandla	Local Municipality	129,493	133,602	114,416	o
Nongoma	Local Municipality	188,959	198,443	194,908	o
Nquthu	Local Municipality	151,497	169,419	165,307	o
Ntambanana	Local Municipality	72,705	84,771	74,336	o
Okhahlamba	Local Municipality	119,342	137,924	132,068	o
Richmond	Local Municipality	62,099	63,223	65,793	o
The Big Five False Bay	Local Municipality	28,857	31,482	35,258	o
The Msunduzi	Local Municipality	524,266	552,837	618,536	o
Ubuhlebezwe	Local Municipality	78,542	101,959	101,691	o
Ulundi	Local Municipality	170,551	188,585	188,317	o
Umdoni	Local Municipality	54,201	62,375	78,875	o
Umhlabuyalingana	Local Municipality	128,616	142,565	156,736	o
uMhlathuze	Local Municipality	196,894	289,190	334,459	o
uMlalazi	Local Municipality	230,205	221,078	213,601	o
uMngeni	Local Municipality	69,742	73,896	92,710	o
uMshwathi	Local Municipality	114,924	108,422	106,374	o
Umtshezi	Local Municipality	47,693	60,087	83,153	o
uMuziwabantu	Local Municipality	82,103	92,327	96,556	o
Umvoti	Local Municipality	90,250	92,294	103,093	o
Umzimkhulu	Local Municipality	165,349	174,338	180,302	o
Umzumbe	Local Municipality	166,830	193,768	160,975	o
uPhongolo	Local Municipality	98,274	119,781	127,238	o
Vulamehlo	Local Municipality	99,610	82,961	77,403	o
Limpopo (Northern Transvaal)	Province	4,576,566	4,995,462	5,404,868	o
Aganang	Local Municipality	146,335	146,872	131,164	o
Ba-Phalaborwa	Local Municipality	109,741	131,536	150,637	o
Bela-Bela	Local Municipality	47,592	52,124	66,500	o
Blouberg	Local Municipality	158,751	171,721	162,629	o
Elias Motsoaledi (Greater Groblersdal)	Local Municipality	220,394	221,647	249,363	o
Ephraim Mogale (Greater Marble Hall)	Local Municipality	97,988	121,327	123,648	o
Fetakgomo	Local Municipality	97,213	92,598	93,795	o
Greater Giyani	Local Municipality	218,751	240,729	244,217	o
Greater Letaba	Local Municipality	203,541	218,873	212,701	o
Greater Tubatse	Local Municipality	229,583	269,608	335,676	o
Greater Tzaneen	Local Municipality	342,551	375,586	390,095	o
Lepelle-Nkumpi	Local Municipality	234,926	227,970	230,350	o
Lephalale	Local Municipality	78,715	85,272	115,767	o
Makhado	Local Municipality	455,597	494,264	516,031	o
Makhuduthamaga	Local Municipality	269,313	262,005	274,358	o
Maruleng	Local Municipality	87,871	94,383	94,857	o
Modimolle	Local Municipality	46,717	69,027	68,513	o
Mogalakwena	Local Municipality	282,534	298,439	307,682	o
Molemole	Local Municipality	107,635	109,441	108,321	o
Mookgophong	Local Municipality	15,674	34,541	35,640	o
Musina	Local Municipality	33,061	39,310	68,359	o
Mutale	Local Municipality	73,313	82,893	91,870	o
Polokwane	Local Municipality	424,835	508,277	628,999	o
Thabazimbi	Local Municipality	60,175	65,533	85,234	o
Thulamela	Local Municipality	533,757	581,487	618,462	o
Mpumalanga (Eastern Transvaal)	Province	3,123,869	3,365,554	4,039,939	o
Albert Luthuli	Local Municipality	182,719	187,751	186,010	o
Bushbuckridge	Local Municipality	545,811	500,128	541,248	o
Dipaleseng	Local Municipality	39,042	38,618	42,390	o
Dr JS Moroka	Local Municipality	259,302	243,313	249,705	o
Emakhazeni (Highlands)	Local Municipality	37,004	43,007	47,216	o
Emalahleni	Local Municipality	236,040	276,413	395,466	o
Govan Mbeki (Highveld East)	Local Municipality	209,626	221,747	294,538	o
Lekwa	Local Municipality	90,080	103,265	115,662	o
Mbombela	Local Municipality	426,090	476,903	588,794	o
Mkhondo	Local Municipality	100,388	143,077	171,982	o
Msukaligwa	Local Municipality	105,368	124,812	149,377	o
Nkomazi	Local Municipality	277,864	334,668	390,610	o
Pixley ka Seme	Local Municipality	70,178	80,737	83,235	o
Steve Tshwete (Middelburg)	Local Municipality	135,335	142,772	229,831	o
Thaba Chweu	Local Municipality	65,909	81,681	98,387	o
Thembisile	Local Municipality	241,360	256,583	310,458	o
Umjindi	Local Municipality	48,547	53,744	69,577	o
Victor Khanye (Delmas)	Local Municipality	53,208	56,335	75,452	o
Northern Cape	Province	1,011,864	991,919	1,145,861	o
!Kheis	Local Municipality	15,046	16,538	16,637	o
Dikgatlong	Local Municipality	39,527	38,262	46,841	o
Emthanjeni	Local Municipality	39,363	35,785	42,356	o
Gamagara	Local Municipality	22,219	23,202	41,617	o
Ga-Segonyana	Local Municipality	61,967	70,392	93,652	o
Hantam	Local Municipality	19,942	20,351	21,578	o
Joe Morolong (Moshaweng)	Local Municipality	112,435	97,945	89,530	o
Kai !Garib	Local Municipality	57,905	58,671	65,869	o
Kamiesberg	Local Municipality	11,064	10,754	10,187	o
Kareeberg	Local Municipality	11,474	9,488	11,673	o
Karoo Hoogland	Local Municipality	12,387	10,512	12,588	o
Kgatelopele	Local Municipality	16,113	14,743	18,687	o
Khâi-Ma	Local Municipality	9,550	11,469	12,465	o
//Khara Hais	Local Municipality	80,823	77,919	93,494	o
Magareng	Local Municipality	22,457	21,733	24,204	o
Mier	Local Municipality	7,027	7,207	7,003	o
Nama Khoi	Local Municipality	43,841	44,900	47,041	o
Phokwane	Local Municipality	57,591	61,321	63,000	o
Renosterberg	Local Municipality	9,432	9,070	10,978	o
Richtersveld	Local Municipality	12,819	10,125	11,982	o
Siyancuma	Local Municipality	38,408	39,275	37,076	o
Siyathemba	Local Municipality	20,156	18,445	21,591	o
Sol Plaatje	Local Municipality	205,103	202,246	248,041	o
Thembelihle	Local Municipality	13,576	14,467	15,701	o
Tsantsabane	Local Municipality	26,567	27,082	35,093	o
Ubuntu	Local Municipality	19,705	16,375	18,601	o
Umsobomvu	Local Municipality	25,367	23,641	28,376	o
North West	Province	2,727,223	2,984,098	3,509,953	o
City of Matlosana (City Council of Klerksdorp)	Local Municipality	334,346	359,202	398,676	o
Ditsobotla	Local Municipality	130,369	147,599	168,902	o
Greater Taung	Local Municipality	184,364	182,164	177,642	o
Kagisano/Molopo	Local Municipality	97,770	100,469	105,789	o
Kgetlengrivier	Local Municipality	32,778	36,477	51,049	o
Lekwa-Teemane	Local Municipality	36,869	42,967	53,248	o
Madibeng	Local Municipality	319,974	347,578	477,381	o
Mafikeng	Local Municipality	242,146	259,478	291,527	o
Mamusa	Local Municipality	42,736	48,366	60,355	o
Maquassi Hills	Local Municipality	61,204	69,037	77,794	o
Moretele	Local Municipality	173,402	181,033	186,947	o
Moses Kotane	Local Municipality	229,622	237,175	242,554	o
Naledi	Local Municipality	54,116	56,263	66,781	o
Ramotshere Moiloa (Zeerust)	Local Municipality	129,287	137,443	150,713	o
Ratlou (Setla-Kgobi)	Local Municipality	98,469	106,165	107,339	o
Rustenburg	Local Municipality	311,787	387,096	549,575	o
Tlokwe City Council (Potchefstroom)	Local Municipality	124,813	128,353	162,762	o
Tswaing	Local Municipality	91,259	114,155	124,218	o
Ventersdorp	Local Municipality	31,915	43,078	56,702	o
Western Cape	Province	3,956,875	4,524,335	5,822,734	o
Beaufort West	Local Municipality	40,693	43,290	49,586	o
Bergrivier	Local Municipality	37,485	46,538	61,897	o
Bitou (Plettenberg Bay)	Local Municipality	18,427	29,182	49,162	o
Breede Valley	Local Municipality	129,984	146,387	166,825	o
Cape Agulhas	Local Municipality	23,015	27,155	33,038	o
Cederberg	Local Municipality	31,704	39,559	49,768	o
City of Cape Town	Metropolitan Municipality	2,562,280	2,892,243	3,740,026	o
Drakenstein	Local Municipality	186,334	194,417	251,262	o
George	Local Municipality	120,148	149,436	193,672	o
Hessequa (Langeberg)	Local Municipality	38,553	44,114	52,642	o
Kannaland	Local Municipality	21,190	23,971	24,767	o
Knysna	Local Municipality	43,599	52,035	68,659	o
Laingsburg	Local Municipality	5,913	6,680	8,289	o
Langeberg (Breede River/Winelands)	Local Municipality	67,083	81,684	97,724	o
Matzikama	Local Municipality	43,906	54,199	67,147	o
Mossel Bay	Local Municipality	59,789	71,494	89,430	o
Oudtshoorn	Local Municipality	79,181	84,692	95,933	o
Overstrand	Local Municipality	36,686	55,012	80,432	o
Prince Albert	Local Municipality	9,508	10,512	13,136	o
Saldanha Bay	Local Municipality	56,557	70,261	99,193	o
Stellenbosch	Local Municipality	103,996	118,709	155,733	o
Swartland	Local Municipality	65,301	72,115	113,762	o
Swellendam	Local Municipality	24,579	28,285	35,916	o
Theewaterskloof	Local Municipality	74,582	93,276	108,790	o
Witzenberg	Local Municipality	76,386	89,087	115,946	o

Source: Statistics South Africa (web).
The areas of municipalities are calculated from geometries.

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Contents: Provinces and Municipalities