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Northern Cape)
Northern Cape
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| Area
| 361,830 kmē (29.7% of country's total)
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| Population (2001)
| 822,726 (1.8% of the total)
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| GDP
| 2% of the country's total
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| Languages
| Afrikaans (70%), Tswana (20%), Xhosa (6.5%)
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| Races
| Black African 35.7%, Coloured 51.6%, Indian/Asian 0.3%, White 12.4%
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| Capital
| Kimberley
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| Other main centres
| Upington, Springbok, De Aar , Colesburg
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| Other towns
| Kathu, Olifantshoek , Kuruman, Douglas, Danielskuil
See Also:
List of cities and towns in the Northern Cape
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| Premier
| Dipuo Peters
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Northern Cape is a province of South Africa, created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley.
Municipalities
The Northern Cape Province is divided into thirty municipalities:
- Benede Oranje Municipality
- Bo Karoo Municipality
- Diamondfields Municipality
- Dikgatlong Municipality
- Emthanjeni Municipality
- Gamagara Municipality
- Ga-Segonyana Municipality
- Hantam Municipality
- Kai Garib Municipality
- Kalahari Municipality
- Kamiesberg Municipality
- Kareeberg Municipality
- Karoo Hoogland Municipality
- Kgatelopele Municipality
- Kheis Municipality
- Khara Hais Municipality
- KhGi-Ma Municipality
- Magareng Municipality
- Mier Municipality
- Nama Khoi Municipality
- Phokwane Municipality
- Renosterberg Municipality
- Richtersveld Municipality
- Siyancuma Municipality
- Siyathemba Municipality
- Sol Plaatje Municipality
- Thembelihle Municipality
- Tesantsabane Municipality
- Ubuntu Municipality
- Umsombomvu Municipality
