Mothibistad
Mothibistad | |
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Mothibistad Mothibistad Mothibistad Mothibistad shown within Northern Cape | |
Coordinates: 27°23′56″S 23°29′20″E / 27.399°S 23.489°ECoordinates: 27°23′56″S 23°29′20″E / 27.399°S 23.489°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Northern Cape |
District | John Taolo Gaetsewe |
Municipality | Ga-Segonyana |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 5.49 km2 (2.12 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 9,616 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,500/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
• Black African | 98.9% |
• Coloured | 0.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• Other | 0.2% |
First languages (2011)[1] | |
• Tswana | 88.0% |
• English | 3.0% |
• S. Ndebele | 1.7% |
• Zulu | 1.4% |
• Other | 5.9% |
Area code | 053 |
Mothibistad is a town situated 9 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Kuruman in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Before 1994 it was in the Bophuthatswana bantustan, and from 1994 until a border change in 2006 it was in North West province. According to the census of 2011 it had a population of 9,616, of whom 99% described themselves as Black African and 88% spoke Tswana as a first language.[1] It falls within the Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality and the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality.
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