District Management Area Explained

In South Africa, District Management Area (DMA) was the name given to areas within a district municipality that did not fall within any local municipality, and received municipal services directly from the district. Since the 2011 elections all of mainland South Africa has been covered by local (or metropolitan) municipalities, and there are therefore no DMAs.

The DMAs were primarily national parks and nature reserves, or in western parts of South Africa are isolated areas of very low population density.

The table shows the 2007 census population of the DMAs.[1]

CodeNamePopulation 2007
ECDMA10 5285
ECDMA13 89
FSDMA19 171
GTDMA48 2918
KZDMA22 12
KZDMA23 512
KZDMA27 10958
KZDMA43 814
LIMDMA33 999
MPDMA32 2948
NCDMA06 897
NCDMA07 2116
NCDMA08 4882
NCDMA09 2588
NCDMA45 5597
WCDMA01 7199
WCDMA02 5260
WCDMA03 244
WCDMA04 11479
WCDMA05 5609

See also

References

  1. http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/P03011/P030112007.pdf Statistics South Africa - Community Survey, 2007. Basic Results: Municipalities