John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality

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John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality is a largely rural district in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, known for its Kalahari landscapes and dispersed mining and farming communities.

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instanceOf district municipality
municipality in South Africa
administrativeDivisionOf Northern Cape
borderedBy Botswana
Namibia
category District municipalities of the Northern Cape
characteristic largely rural
climate semi-arid
country South Africa
demographics predominantly Black African population
economicActivity agriculture
livestock farming
mining
formerName Kgalagadi District Municipality
governmentType district municipality council
hasLocalMunicipality Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality
Gamagara Local Municipality
Joe Morolong Local Municipality
hasSettlement Hotazel
Kathu
Kuruman
ISOCode DC45
knownFor Kalahari landscapes
dispersed mining communities
farming communities
language Afrikaans
English
Setswana
locatedIn Kalahari Basin
Northern Cape
South Africa
mainMinerals iron ore
manganese
namedAfter John Taolo Gaetsewe
partOf Northern Cape province
linked to: Northern Cape
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
province Northern Cape
region Kalahari
linked to: Kalahari Desert
seat Kuruman
terrain Kalahari sand dunes
linked to: Kalahari Desert
timeZone South African Standard Time
linked to: Central Africa Time
UTCOffset +2

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Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District borderedBy John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality