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Mopani
Mopani
District municipality
	Seal
	Location in South Africa
	Coordinates: 23°19′S 30°43′E / 23.317°S 30.717°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
Seat	Giyani
Local municipalities	List Greater Giyani; Greater Letaba; Greater Tzaneen; Ba-Phalaborwa; Maruleng;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Pule Shayi
Area
• Total	20,011 km2 (7,726 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,092,507
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2016)
• Black African	97.5%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	2%
First languages (2011)
• Northern Sotho	45.9%
• Tsonga	44.3%
• Sotho	2.9%
• Afrikaans	2.1%
• Other	4.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC33

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The Mopani District Municipality (Template:Lang-nso; Template:Lang-ts) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of the district is Giyani. According to the 2016 Community Survey, it had a population of 1,159,185.^[4] The district code is DC33. After the 12th amendment to the Constitution of South Africa, parts of the Bohlabela District Municipality were incorporated into Mopani.

Mopani is surrounded by:

The district contains the following local municipalities:

Name	Code	Seat	Area (km²)^[5]	Population (2016)^[4]	Pop. density (per km²)	Dominant language
Ba-Phalaborwa	LIM334	Phalaborwa	7,489	168,937	22.6	Tsonga
Greater Giyani	LIM331	Giyani	4,172	256,127	61.4	Tsonga
Greater Letaba	LIM332	Modjadjiskloof	1,891	218,030	115.3	Pedi
Greater Tzaneen	LIM333	Tzaneen	2,897	416,146	143.7	Pedi, Tsonga
Maruleng	LIM335	Hoedspruit	3,563	99,946	28.1	Pedi

The following statistics are from the Community Survey 2016.^[6]

Gender	Population	%
Female	619,612	53.45%
Male	539,574	46.55%

The following results are for the direct proportional representation election of members of the Mopani District Council on 3 August 2016.^[7]

^ "ANC replaces axed Limpopo mayors | eNCA".
^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b Community Survey 2016: Provincial profile: Limpopo (PDF). Pretoria: Statistics South Africa. 2018. p. 12. ISBN 9780621449877.
^ "2016 Boundaries". Municipal Demarcation Board (Shapefile). 2016.
^ "Community Survey 2016". Statistics South Africa (Data file). 2016.
^ Detailed DC 40% Ballot Results Report: DC33 - Mopani (PDF) (Report). Electoral Commission of South Africa. 2016.

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