Joe Morolong | |
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![]() Location in the Northern Cape | |
Coordinates: 27°S 23°E / 27°S 23°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
District | John Taolo Gaetsewe |
Seat | 29 |
Wards | 15 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Dineo Leutlwetse-Tshabalala |
Area | |
• Total | 20,172 km2 (7,788 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 89,530 |
• Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 96.4% |
• Coloured | 2.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 1.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Tswana | 90.7% |
• Afrikaans | 3.6% |
• English | 1.9% |
• Other | 3.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | NC451 |
Joe Morolong Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Joe Morolong), formerly Moshaweng Municipality, is a local municipality within the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Moshaweng is a Setswana name for "place of sand".[4]