Waterberg District Municipality

The Waterberg District Municipality (Mmasepala wa Selete wa Waterberg; Mmasepala wa Sedika wa Waterberg) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat is Modimolle. As of 2016, the majority of its 745,758 residents spoke Sepedi, also known as Northern Sotho. The district code is DC36.

Geography
The municipality contains much of the Waterberg Biosphere, a UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve. The Waterberg Biosphere is a massif of approximately. Waterberg is the first region in the northern part of South Africa to be named as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. The extensive rock formation was shaped by hundreds of millions of years of riverine erosion to yield diverse bluff and butte landform. The ecosystem can be characterised as a dry deciduous forest or Bushveld. Within the Waterberg there are archaeological finds dating to the Stone Age, and nearby are early evolutionary finds related to the origin of humans.

The following sets forth neighboring municipalities and principal municipalities within the Waterberg District Municipality:

Neighbours
Waterberg is surrounded (clockwise) by:
 * Vhembe (DC34) to the north-east
 * Capricorn (DC35) to the east
 * Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the south-east
 * Nkangala (DC31) to the south-east
 * Metsweding (CBDC2) to the south
 * Bojanala Platinum (DC37) to the south
 * Ngaka Modiri Molema (DC38) to the south-west
 * City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality to the south
 * the Kgatleng District of the republic of Botswana to the west

Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Source: Statistics South Africa, Community Survey 2016

Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2016 Community Survey

Election results
Election results for Waterberg in the South African Municipal election, 2016