Kungwini Local Municipality Explained

Kungwini Local Municipality
Settlement Type:Local municipality
Map Alt:Location in Gauteng
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Africa
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gauteng
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Metsweding District
Seat:Bronkhorstspruit
Area Total Km2:2202
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:104149
Population As Of:2007
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Households
Population Blank1:31 665
Demographics Type1:Racial makeup
Demographics1 Footnotes:[2] (2007)
Demographics1 Title1:Black African
Demographics1 Info1:84.03%
Demographics1 Title2:White
Demographics1 Info2:14.12%
Demographics1 Title3:Coloured
Demographics1 Info3:1.59%
Demographics1 Title4:Indian or Asian
Demographics1 Info4:0.26%
Demographics Type2:Languages
Demographics2 Footnotes:[3] (2001)
Demographics2 Info3:-->
Timezone1:SAST
Utc Offset1:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank Info Sec1:GT462

Kungwini Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Metsweding District of Gauteng in South Africa. The town of Bronkhorstspruit was the seat of the municipality.

Kungwini, along with the Metsweding District, was disestablished and absorbed into the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on 18 May 2011, the date of the 2011 municipal election.[4]

Kungwini is an isiNdebele word meaning "mist". Because the area is misty, the name was relevant for the local community.[5]

Main places

Main places of the municipality, from the 2001 census:[6]

Place Code Most spoken language
78201Afrikaans
78202Northern Sotho
88201Zulu
Kungwini Part 1 88202
Kungwini Part 2 78203Southern Ndebele
78204Setswana
78205Zulu
78206Southern Ndebele
78207Southern Ndebele

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Community Survey, 2007: Basic Results Municipalities . Statistics South Africa . PDF . 2009-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130825124835/http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/P03011/P030112007.pdf . 2013-08-25 . dead .
  2. Web site: Community Survey 2007 interactive data . Statistics South Africa . 19 October 2009 . dead . https://archive.today/20120805164522/http://www.statssa.gov.za/community_new/content.asp?link=interactivedata.asp . 5 August 2012 .
  3. Web site: Census 2001 interactive data . Statistics South Africa . 19 October 2009.
  4. News: Bronkhorstspruit residents to march against proposed merger . Tshifhiwa . Shonisani . The Citizen . 27 February 2011 . 9 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110304005837/http://www.citizen.co.za/citizen/content/en/citizen/local-news?oid=175739&sn=Detail&pid=334&Bronkhorstspruit-residents-to-march-against--proposed-merger- . 4 March 2011 . dead .
  5. http://www.salanguages.com/munnames.htm South African Languages - Place names
  6. http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/lookuptables1.zip Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa