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Thabazimbi | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
.svg) Location in Limpopo | |
| Coordinates: 24°35′S 27°10′E / 24.583°S 27.167°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Waterberg |
| Seat | Thabazimbi |
| Wards | 12 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Tokkie Swanepoel[1] (DA) |
| • Speaker | Butana Thlabadira[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,190 km2 (4,320 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[3] | |
| • Total | 65,047 |
| • Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 76.2% |
| • Coloured | 0.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 22.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 41.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 15.7% |
| • Xhosa | 12.3% |
| • Northern Sotho | 8.0% |
| • Other | 22.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | LIM361 |
Thabazimbi Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Thabazimbi; Afrikaans: Thabazimbi Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Thabazimbi) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Thabazimbi.
Thabazimbi is a Sotho–Nguni name meaning "iron ore mountain". The early Bantu communities (Sotho, Venda, Kalanga, Nguni and Nyasa) worked on this mountain to mine iron.[5]
- ^ a b "DA's Tokkie Swanepoel elected as the Mayor of the Thabazimbi Municipality".
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Thabazimbi (Local Municipality, South Africa)". Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ South African Languages - Place names