Namakwa District Municipality

The Namakwa District Municipality (Namakwa-distriksmunisipaliteit) is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Namakwa is Springbok and the region is also known as Little Namaqualand. As of 2011, a majority of its 108,118 residents speak Afrikaans. The district code is DC6.

Neighbours
Namakwa is surrounded by:
 * the republic of Namibia in the north
 * ZF Mgcawu (DC8) in the north-east
 * Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the east
 * Central Karoo (DC5) in the south-east
 * Cape Winelands (DC2) – in the south (formerly the Boland District Municipality)
 * West Coast (DC1) in the south-west
 * the Atlantic Ocean 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 Namakwa in the South African general election, 2004.
 * Population 18 and over: 70 397 [65.11% of total population]
 * Total votes: 44 220 [40.90% of total population]
 * Voting % estimate: 62.82% votes as a % of population 18 and over