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This is a list of municipalities of South Africa. The largest metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is divided into district municipalities, each of which consists of several local municipalities. Since the boundary reform at the time of the municipal election of 3 August 2016 there are 8 metropolitan municipalities, 44 district municipalities and 205 local municipalities.[1]
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Metropolitan municipalities
Name | Code | Province | Seat | Area[2] | Population (2016)[3] |
Pop. density | ||
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km2 | sq mi | per km2 | per sq mi | |||||
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | BUF | Eastern Cape | East London | 2,750 | 1,060 | 834,997 | 303.6 | 786 |
City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality | CPT | Western Cape | Cape Town | 2,446 | 944 | 4,005,016 | 1,637.6 | 4,241 |
City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality | EKU | Gauteng | Germiston | 1,975 | 763 | 3,379,104 | 1,710.6 | 4,430 |
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality | JHB | Gauteng | Johannesburg | 1,645 | 635 | 4,949,347 | 3,008.8 | 7,793 |
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality | TSH | Gauteng | Pretoria | 6,298 | 2,432 | 3,275,152 | 520.0 | 1,347 |
eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality | ETH | KwaZulu-Natal | Durban | 2,556 | 987 | 3,702,231 | 1,448.5 | 3,752 |
Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality | MAN | Free State | Bloemfontein | 9,886 | 3,817 | 787,803 | 79.7 | 206 |
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | NMA | Eastern Cape | Port Elizabeth | 1,957 | 756 | 1,263,051 | 645.4 | 1,672 |
District municipalities
For comparison purposes the metropolitan municipalities are also included in this list.
Local municipalities
For comparison purposes the metropolitan municipalities are also included in this list.
Former municipalities
These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
By province
The lists linked below also include maps showing the locations of the municipalities.
- List of municipalities in the Eastern Cape
- List of municipalities in the Free State
- List of municipalities in Gauteng
- List of municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal
- List of municipalities in Limpopo
- List of municipalities in Mpumalanga
- List of municipalities in the North West
- List of municipalities in the Northern Cape
- List of municipalities in the Western Cape
See also
References
- ^ "Electoral Commission on 2016 municipal elections" (Press release). Electoral Commission. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^ a b c "2016 Boundaries". Municipal Demarcation Board (Shapefile). 2016.
- ^ a b c "Community Survey 2016". Statistics South Africa (Data file). 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
External links
- Capitals: Pretoria (executive)
- Bloemfontein (judicial)
- Cape Town (legislative)
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