Thembelihle Local Municipality
Thembelihle | |
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Seal | |
Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 29°45′S 23°45′E / 29.750°S 23.750°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Pixley ka Seme |
| Seat | Hopetown |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Marnus Visser (Siyathemba Community Movement) |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,023 km2 (3,098 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 22,542 |
| • Density | 2.810/km2 (7.277/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 12.2% |
| • Coloured | 67.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
| • White | 19.7% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 90.4% |
| • Xhosa | 5.1% |
| • English | 1.3% |
| • Tswana | 1.3% |
| • Other | 1.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | NC076 |
Thembelihle Municipality (Afrikaans: Thembelihle Munisipaliteit), formerly known as Oranje-Karoo Municipality, is a local municipality within the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Thembelihle is a Xhosa word meaning "good hope".