List of municipalities in Limpopo explained

Limpopo province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into five district municipalities which are in turn divided into twenty-two local municipalities.

In the following map, the district municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.

District municipalities

 NameCodeSeatArea
(km2)[1]
Population
(2016)[2]
Pop. density
(per km2)
Capricorn District MunicipalityDC35Polokwane21,7051,330,43661.3
Mopani District MunicipalityDC33Giyani20,0111,159,18557.9
Sekhukhune District MunicipalityDC47Groblersdal13,5281,169,76286.5
Vhembe District MunicipalityDC34Thohoyandou25,5961,393,94954.5
Waterberg District MunicipalityDC36Modimolle44,913745,75816.6

Local municipalities

 NameCodeDistrictSeatArea
(km2)
Population
(2016)
Pop. density
(per km2)
Ba-Phalaborwa Local MunicipalityLIM334MopaniPhalaborwa7,489168,93722.6
Bela-Bela Local MunicipalityLIM366WaterbergBela-Bela3,40676,29622.4
Blouberg Local MunicipalityLIM351CapricornSenwabarwana9,540172,60118.1
Collins Chabane Local MunicipalityLIM345VhembeMalamulele5,003347,97469.6
Elias Motsoaledi Local MunicipalityLIM472SekhukhuneGroblersdal3,713268,25672.2
Ephraim Mogale Local MunicipalityLIM471SekhukhuneMarble Hall2,011127,16863.2
Fetakgomo Tubatse Local MunicipalityLIM476SekhukhuneApel5,693489,90286.0
Greater Giyani Local MunicipalityLIM331MopaniGiyani4,172256,12761.4
Greater Letaba Local MunicipalityLIM332MopaniModjadjiskloof1,891218,030115.3
Greater Tzaneen Local MunicipalityLIM333MopaniTzaneen2,897416,146143.7
Lepelle-Nkumpi Local MunicipalityLIM355CapricornChuniespoort3,484235,38067.6
Lephalale Local MunicipalityLIM362WaterbergLephalale13,794140,24010.2
Makhado Local MunicipalityLIM344VhembeLouis Trichardt7,605416,72854.8
Makhuduthamaga Local MunicipalityLIM473SekhukhuneJane Furse2,110284,435134.8
Maruleng Local MunicipalityLIM335MopaniHoedspruit3,56399,94628.1
Modimolle–Mookgophong Local MunicipalityLIM368WaterbergModimolle10,367107,69910.4
Mogalakwena Local MunicipalityLIM367WaterbergMokopane6,156325,29152.8
Molemole Local MunicipalityLIM353CapricornDendron3,628125,32734.5
Musina Local MunicipalityLIM341VhembeMusina10,347132,00912.8
Polokwane Local MunicipalityLIM354CapricornPolokwane5,054797,127157.7
Thabazimbi Local MunicipalityLIM361WaterbergThabazimbi11,19096,2328.6
Thulamela Local MunicipalityLIM343VhembeThohoyandou2,642497,237188.2

Former municipalities

These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.

NameCodeDissolvedFate
CBDC4 1 March 2006 Annexed by Ehlanzeni and Mopani District Municipalities
LIM342 3 August 2016 Annexed by Musina and Thulamela Local Municipalities
LIM352 3 August 2016 Annexed by Blouberg, Molemole and Polokwane Local Municipalities
LIM364 3 August 2016 Merged to create Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality
LIM365 3 August 2016
LIM474 3 August 2016 Merged to create Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality
LIM475 3 August 2016

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016 Boundaries . Shapefile . . 2016 .
  2. Web site: Community Survey 2016 . Data file . . 2016 . 2017-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180920075115/http://interactive2.statssa.gov.za/webapi/ . 2018-09-20 . dead .