Thabazimbi Local Municipality
Thabazimbi | |
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Seal | |
Location in Limpopo | |
| Coordinates: 24°35′S 27°10′E / 24.583°S 27.167°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Limpopo |
| District | Waterberg |
| Seat | Thabazimbi |
| Wards | 12 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Tokkie Swanepoel (DA) |
| • Speaker | Butana Thlabadira |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,190 km2 (4,320 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 65,047 |
| • Density | 5.813/km2 (15.06/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 76.2% |
| • Coloured | 0.5% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 22.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Tswana | 41.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 15.7% |
| • Xhosa | 12.3% |
| • Northern Sotho | 8.0% |
| • Other | 22.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | LIM361 |
Thabazimbi Municipality (Tswana: Mmasepala wa Thabazimbi; Afrikaans: Thabazimbi Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Thabazimbi) is a local municipality within the Waterberg District Municipality, in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Thabazimbi.
Thabazimbi is a Sotho–Nguni name meaning "iron ore mountain." The early Bantu communities (Sotho, Venda, Kalanga, Nguni and Nyasa) worked on this mountain to mine iron.