Gamagara Local Municipality
Gamagara | |
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Seal | |
Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 27°40′S 23°00′E / 27.667°S 23.000°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | John Taolo Gaetsewe |
| Seat | Kathu |
| Wards | 8 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Henriette du Plessis (DA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,619 km2 (1,011 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 29,580 |
| • Density | 11.29/km2 (29.25/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 46.2% |
| • Coloured | 33.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.1% |
| • White | 18.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 53.9% |
| • Tswana | 33.7% |
| • English | 3.6% |
| • Sotho | 1.4% |
| • Other | 7.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC453 |
| Website | gamagara |
Gamagara Municipality (Afrikaans: Gamagara Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Gamagara) is a local municipality within the John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.