Volume II - The Northern Cape Provincial Spatial Development ...

Northern Cape PSDF
Volume 2
December 2011
Map B.2: Linkages between the Northern Cape, the surrounding provinces, Namibia and
Botswana.
The Province is bisected by the Orange River which has its origins in the Drakensberg
Mountains in Lesotho. The Orange River forms the international border between the
Northern Cape and Namibia and flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Alexander Bay.
B.2 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTEXT
The Northern Cape, in its current jurisdictional form, was created in 1994 when the historic
Western Cape was subdivided into the present‐day Western Cape, Eastern Cape and the
Northern Cape. Kimberley is the capital of the Province which comprises 5 District
Municipalities and 27 Local Municipalities. Important regional settlements include
Springbok, Upington, De Aar, Kuruman, Calvinia and Colesberg. The tables and maps below
summarise and contextualise the various municipalities and the component settlements.
Table B.1: Municipalities of the Northern Cape (Source: Van der Merwe & Zietsman, 2011).
DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY LOCAL MUNICIPALITY
NO. ADMIN.
CAPITAL
AREA KM² & %
OF THE
PROVINCE
Frances Baard DC9 Kimberley 12 800 (3.4%) Dikgatlong
Magareng
Phokwane
Sol Plaatje
NO. AREA KM² & % OF
THE DISTRICT
MUNICIPALITY
NC092
NC093
NC094
NC091
7 300 (57.0%)
1 510 (11.8%)
836 (6.5%)
3 154 (24.6%)
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