Frances Baard District Municipality

Frances Baard Diamantveld
District municipality
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Location of Frances Baard District Municipality within Northern Cape
Coordinates: 28°30′S 24°30′E / 28.500°S 24.500°E / -28.500; 24.500
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
Seat	Kimberley
Local municipalities	List Sol Plaatje Dikgatlong Magareng Phokwane
Government [1]
• Type	Municipal council
• Executive Mayor	Unondumisa Buda
• Speaker	Keamogetse Mothibi
• Municipal Manager	Mamikie Bogatsu
Area
• Total	13,518.19 km2 (5,219.40 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	434 342
Racial makeup (2022) [2]
• Black African	67.1%
• Coloured	23.4%
• Indian/Asian	1.0%
• White	8.3%
First languages (2011) [3]
• Tswana	43.3%
• Afrikaans	38.6%
• English	6.2%
• Xhosa	4.9%
• Other	7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC9
Website	https://francesbaard.gov.za/

The Frances Baard District Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Frances Baard; Afrikaans: Frances Baard-distriksmunisipaliteit), previously the Diamantveld District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Kimberley. As of 2022, the majority of its 434,342 residents speak Setswana.^[4] The district code is DC9.

Previously known as the Diamantveld District Municipality, it was renamed in honour of Frances Baard in June 2001. On 9 August 2009, a statue of Frances Baard was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins.^[5]

Frances Baard is surrounded by:

• Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati (DC39) in the north
• John Taolo Gaetsewe (DC45) in the north west
• Lejweleputswa (DC18) in the east
• Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the south
• Xhariep (DC16) in the south-west
• ZF Mgcawu (DC8) in the west

The district contains the following local municipalities:

The following statistics are from the 2022 census.^[2]

Election results for Frances Baard in the South African general election, 2004.

• Population 18 and over: 206 209 [63.49% of total population]
• Total votes: 129 954 [40.01% of total population]
• Voting % estimate: 63.02% votes as a % of population 18 and over

• Frances Baard District Municipality District