Sol Plaatje Local Municipality
Sol Plaatje | |
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Seal | |
Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 28°50′S 24°40′E / 28.833°S 24.667°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Frances Baard |
| Seat | Kimberley |
| Wards | 31 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Kagisho Dante Sonyoni (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,145 km2 (1,214 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 270,078 |
| • Density | 85.88/km2 (222.4/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 62.0% |
| • Coloured | 27.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.3% |
| • White | 8.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 45.2% |
| • Tswana | 33.2% |
| • English | 8.0% |
| • Xhosa | 5.6% |
| • Other | 8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC091 |
Sol Plaatje Municipality (Afrikaans: Sol Plaatje Munisipaliteit; Tswana: Mmasepala wa Sol Plaatje) is a local municipality within the Frances Baard District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is named after Sol T. Plaatje. It includes the diamond mining city of Kimberley.