Back Thembelihle Plaaslike Munisipaliteit Afrikaans Тембелихле (община) Bulgarian Thembelihle CEB Thembelihle Local Municipality German Thembelihle French Municipalità locale di Thembelihle Italian Thembelihle Dutch Thembelihle Komunie, Sud Afrika NOV Mmušôgaê wa Thembelihle NSO Thembelihle Polish
Thembelihle | |
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 Seal | |
.svg) Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 29°45′S 23°45′E / 29.750°S 23.750°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Pixley ka Seme |
| Seat | Hopetown |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Leonard Makena[1] (EFF) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,023 km2 (3,098 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 15,701 |
| • Density | 2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 15.2% |
| • Coloured | 70.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 13.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 90.4% |
| • Xhosa | 5.1% |
| • English | 1.3% |
| • Tswana | 1.3% |
| • Other | 1.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC076 |
Thembelihle Municipality (Afrikaans: Thembelihle Munisipaliteit), formerly known as Oranje-Karoo Municipality, is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Thembelihle is a Xhosa word meaning "good hope".[5]
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