District Municipalities
For comparison purposes the metropolitan municipalities are also included in this list.
| Name | Code | Province | Seat | Area |
Population |
Pop. density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Nzo District Municipality | 44 !DC44 | Eastern Cape | Mount Ayliff | 6,859 | 479,390 | 69.9 |
| Amajuba District Municipality | 25 !DC25 | KwaZulu-Natal | Newcastle | 6,911 | 442,266 | 64.0 |
| Amathole District Municipality | 12 !DC12 | Eastern Cape | East London | 21,043 | 940,441 | 44.7 |
| Bojanala Platinum District Municipality | 37 !DC37 | North West | Rustenburg | 18,333 | 1,268,618 | 69.2 |
| Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality | BUF | Eastern Cape | East London | 2,536 | 724,312 | 285.6 |
| Cacadu District Municipality | 10 !DC10 | Eastern Cape | Port Elizabeth | 58,194 | 363,496 | 6.2 |
| Cape Winelands District Municipality | 02 !DC2 | Western Cape | Worcester | 22,309 | 712,413 | 31.9 |
| Capricorn District Municipality | 35 !DC35 | Limpopo | Polokwane | 16,988 | 1,243,167 | 73.2 |
| Central Karoo District Municipality | 05 !DC5 | Western Cape | Beaufort West | 38,854 | 56,230 | 1.4 |
| Chris Hani District Municipality | 13 !DC13 | Eastern Cape | Queenstown | 36,695 | 798,597 | 21.8 |
| City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality | CPT | Western Cape | Cape Town | 2,460 | 3,497,097 | 1,421.6 |
| City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality | JHB | Gauteng | Johannesburg | 1,645 | 3,888,180 | 2,363.6 |
| City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality | TSH | Gauteng | Pretoria | 6,345 | 2,499,447 | 393.9 |
| Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality | 40 !DC40 | North West | Klerksdorp | 14,642 | 634,127 | 43.3 |
| Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality | 39 !DC39 | North West | Vryburg | 44,017 | 354,554 | 8.1 |
| Eden District Municipality | 04 !DC4 | Western Cape | George | 23,331 | 513,307 | 22.0 |
| Ehlanzeni District Municipality | 32 !DC32 | Mpumalanga | Nelspruit | 27,896 | 1,526,236 | 54.7 |
| Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality | EKU | Gauteng | Germiston | 1,924 | 2,724,229 | 1,415.9 |
| eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality | ETH | KwaZulu-Natal | Durban | 2,292 | 3,468,086 | 1,513.1 |
| Fezile Dabi District Municipality | 20 !DC20 | Free State | Sasolburg | 21,301 | 474,089 | 22.3 |
| Frances Baard District Municipality | 09 !DC9 | Northern Cape | Kimberley | 13,518 | 353,200 | 26.1 |
| Gert Sibande District Municipality | 30 !DC30 | Mpumalanga | Secunda | 31,841 | 890,699 | 28.0 |
| iLembe District Municipality | 29 !DC29 | KwaZulu-Natal | KwaDukuza | 3,269 | 528,198 | 161.6 |
| Joe Gqabi District Municipality | 14 !DC14 | Eastern Cape | Barkly East | 25,663 | 308,365 | 12.0 |
| John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality | 45 !DC45 | Northern Cape | Kuruman | 27,283 | 173,454 | 6.4 |
| Lejweleputswa District Municipality | 18 !DC18 | Free State | Welkom | 31,930 | 639,651 | 20.0 |
| Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality | MAN | Free State | Bloemfontein | 6,284 | 752,906 | 119.8 |
| Mopani District Municipality | 33 !DC33 | Limpopo | Giyani | 24,489 | 1,068,568 | 43.6 |
| Namakwa District Municipality | 06 !DC6 | Northern Cape | Springbok | 126,836 | 126,494 | 1.0 |
| Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality | NMA | Eastern Cape | Port Elizabeth | 1,959 | 1,050,930 | 536.5 |
| Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality | 38 !DC38 | North West | Mafikeng | 27,889 | 798,783 | 28.6 |
| Nkangala District Municipality | 31 !DC31 | Mpumalanga | Middelburg | 16,758 | 1,226,500 | 73.2 |
| OR Tambo District Municipality | 15 !DC15 | Eastern Cape | Mthatha | 15,968 | 1,862,218 | 116.6 |
| Overberg District Municipality | 03 !DC3 | Western Cape | Bredasdorp | 11,405 | 212,787 | 18.7 |
| Pixley ka Seme District Municipality | 07 !DC7 | Northern Cape | De Aar | 102,727 | 166,849 | 1.6 |
| Sedibeng District Municipality | 42 !DC42 | Gauteng | Vereeniging | 4,177 | 800,819 | 191.7 |
| Sekhukhune District Municipality | 47 !DC47 | Limpopo | Groblersdal | 13,426 | 1,090,424 | 81.2 |
| Sisonke District Municipality | 43 !DC43 | KwaZulu-Natal | Ixopo | 11,127 | 500,082 | 44.9 |
| Siyanda District Municipality | 08 !DC8 | Northern Cape | Upington | 102,524 | 238,063 | 2.3 |
| Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality | 19 !DC19 | Free State | Phuthaditjhaba | 32,637 | 753,344 | 23.1 |
| Ugu District Municipality | 21 !DC21 | KwaZulu-Natal | Port Shepstone | 5,047 | 709,918 | 140.7 |
| uMgungundlovu District Municipality | 22 !DC22 | KwaZulu-Natal | Pietermaritzburg | 8,934 | 988,837 | 110.7 |
| uMkhanyakude District Municipality | 27 !DC27 | KwaZulu-Natal | Mkuze | 12,821 | 614,046 | 47.9 |
| uMzinyathi District Municipality | 24 !DC24 | KwaZulu-Natal | Dundee | 8,589 | 495,737 | 57.7 |
| uThukela District Municipality | 23 !DC23 | KwaZulu-Natal | Ladysmith | 11,326 | 714,908 | 63.1 |
| uThungulu District Municipality | 28 !DC28 | KwaZulu-Natal | Richards Bay | 8,213 | 894,260 | 108.9 |
| Vhembe District Municipality | 34 !DC34 | Limpopo | Thohoyandou | 21,349 | 1,240,035 | 58.1 |
| Waterberg District Municipality | 36 !DC36 | Limpopo | Modimolle | 49,504 | 596,092 | 12.0 |
| West Coast District Municipality | 01 !DC1 | Western Cape | Moorreesburg | 31,104 | 286,751 | 9.2 |
| West Rand District Municipality | 48 !DC48 | Gauteng | Randfontein | 4,087 | 754,903 | 184.7 |
| Xhariep District Municipality | 16 !DC16 | Free State | Trompsburg | 37,674 | 153,069 | 4.1 |
| Zululand District Municipality | 26 !DC26 | KwaZulu-Natal | Ulundi | 14,799 | 902,890 | 61.0 |
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