Frances Baard District Municipality

The Frances Baard District Municipality (Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Frances Baard; Frances Baard-distriksmunisipaliteit), previously the Diamantveld District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Kimberley. As of 2011, the majority of its 324,814 residents speak Setswana. The district code is DC9.

Previously known as the Diamantveld District Municipality, it was renamed in honour of Frances Baard in June 2001. On 9 August 2009, a statue of Frances Baard was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins.

Neighbours
Frances Baard is surrounded by:
 * Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati (DC39) in the north
 * John Taolo Gaetsewe (DC45) in the north west
 * Lejweleputswa (DC18) in the east
 * Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the south
 * Xhariep (DC16) in the south-west
 * ZF Mgcawu (DC8) in the west

Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Election results
Election results for Frances Baard in the South African general election, 2004.
 * Population 18 and over: 206 209 [63.49% of total population]
 * Total votes: 129 954 [40.01% of total population]
 * Voting % estimate: 63.02% votes as a % of population 18 and over