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Vhembe is one of the 6 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. It is the northernmost district of the country. The seat of Vhembe is Thohoyandou. The majority of its 1 199 856 people speak Venda (2001 Census). The district code is DC34.

Geography

Neighbours

Vhembe is surrounded by:

Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
Local municipality Population %
Thulamela 584 568 48.72%
Makhado 497 093 41.43%
Mutale 78 917 6.58%
Musina 39 308 3.28%

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.
Language Population %
Venda 818 900 68.25%
Tsonga 316 703 26.40%
Northern Sotho 27 922 2.33%
Afrikaans 13 697 1.14%
Sotho 7 714 0.64%
Other 5 942 0.50%
English 4 545 0.38%
Ndebele 1 763 0.15%
Zulu 870 0.07%
Tswana 840 0.07%
Xhosa 659 0.05%
Swati 331 0.03%

Gender

Gender Population %
Female 662 815 55.24%
Male 537 041 44.76%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group Population %
Black African 1 181 672 98.48%
White 13 625 1.14%
Indian/Asian 2 911 0.24%
Coloured 1 648 0.14%

Age

Age Population %
000 - 004 138 819 11.57%
005 - 009 168 212 14.02%
010 - 014 172 151 14.35%
015 - 019 158 249 13.19%
020 - 024 112 396 9.37%
025 - 029 86 070 7.17%
030 - 034 66 722 5.56%
035 - 039 61 542 5.13%
040 - 044 50 114 4.18%
045 - 049 39 894 3.32%
050 - 054 30 735 2.56%
055 - 059 21 051 1.75%
060 - 064 20 919 1.74%
065 - 069 22 289 1.86%
070 - 074 22 201 1.85%
075 - 079 11 353 0.95%
080 - 084 10 429 0.87%
085 - 089 3 682 0.31%
090 - 094 1 880 0.16%
095 - 099 750 0.06%
100 plus 398 0.03%

Politics

Election results

Election results for Vhembe in the South African general election, 2004.
  • Population 18 and over: 621 522 [51.80%of total population]
  • Total votes: 386 629 [32.22%of total population]
  • Voting % estimate: 62.21% votes as a % of population 18 and over
    Party Votes %
    African National Congress 348 768 90.21%
    Democratic Alliance 15 553 4.02%
    United Democratic Movement 5 821 1.51%
    African Christian Democratic Party 4 687 1.21%
    Pan African Congress 2 875 0.74%
    New National Party 2 098 0.54%
    Azanian People's Organisation 1 767 0.46%
    Independent Democrats 916 0.24%
    Freedom Front Plus 864 0.22%
    Inkhata Freedom Party 585 0.15%
    United Christian Democratic Party 469 0.12%
    NA 359 0.09%
    SOPA 336 0.09%
    PJC 301 0.08%
    EMSA 282 0.07%
    CDP 258 0.07%
    TOP 198 0.05%
    UF 191 0.05%
    KISS 129 0.03%
    NLP 92 0.02%
    Minority Front 80 0.02%
    Total 86 629 00.00%

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