Metsweding District Municipality was, from 2000 till 18 May 2011, a

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province, South Africa. Metsweding, and its component local municipalities, was disestablished and absorbed into the

Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane) () is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pr ...

on the date of the 2011 municipal election. The administrative seat of Metsweding was

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. The most spoken languages of its 159 861 people were IsiNdebele and

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(2001

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Geography

Neighbours

Metsweding was surrounded by: * Waterberg (DC36) to the north * Nkangala (DC31) to the east *

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(East Rand) to the south-west * Bojanala Platinum (DC36) to the north-west *

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(Pretoria) to the west, into which it was merged

Local municipalities

The district contained the following local municipalities, which have also been abolished:

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001

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Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results

Election results for Metsweding in the

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. * Population 18 and over: 109 820 8.70% of total population * Total votes: 59 426 7.17% of total population * Voting % estimate: 54.11% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

External links

Metsweding DM Official website

Municipal Demarcation Board

Stats SA Census 2001 page

Independent Electoral Commission 2004 election results
{{Municipalities of Gauteng Former district municipalities of South Africa