Mopani District Municipality
Mopani is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Mopani is Giyani. According to the 2016 Community Survey it has a population of 1,159,185, of whom the majority speak Northern Sotho. The district code is DC33. After the 12th amendment of the Constitution of South Africa part of the area of the Bohlabela district was incorporated into Mopani.Geography
Neighbours
Mopani is surrounded by:
The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Name | Code | Seat | Area
| Population
| Pop. density
|
| Ba-Phalaborwa | LIM334 | Phalaborwa | 7,489 | 168,937 | 22.6 |
| Greater Giyani | LIM331 | Giyani | 4,172 | 256,127 | 61.4 |
| Greater Letaba | LIM332 | Modjadjiskloof | 1,891 | 218,030 | 115.3 |
| Greater Tzaneen | LIM333 | Tzaneen | 2,897 | 416,146 | 143.7 |
| Maruleng | LIM335 | Hoedspruit | 3,563 | 99,946 | 28.1 |
Demographics
The following statistics are from the Community Survey 2016.
| Language | Population | % |
| Northern Sotho | 537,240 | 46.35% |
| Tsonga | 518,462 | 44.73% |
| Sotho | 30,646 | 2.64% |
| Afrikaans | 19,370 | 1.67% |
| English | 8,349 | 0.72% |
| Venda | 4,397 | 0.38% |
| Zulu | 2,029 | 0.18% |
| Swati | 1,759 | 0.15% |
| Xhosa | 1,588 | 0.14% |
| Tswana | 881 | 0.08% |
| Khoi, Nama and San | 729 | 0.06% |
| Ndebele | 247 | 0.02% |
| Sign | 160 | 0.01% |
| Other | 7,984 | 0.69% |
| Not applicable | 25,236 | 2.18% |
| Not specified | 108 | 0.01% |
Gender
Age
Politics
The following results are for the direct proportional representation election of members of the Mopani District Council on 3 August 2016.
