# Capricorn District Municipality

The Capricorn District Municipality (Northern Sotho: Mmasepala wa Selete wa Capricorn) is one of the 5 districts of the Limpopo province of South Africa. The district is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through it. The capital is Polokwane. As of 2011, the vast majority of its 1,261,463 residents spoke Northern Sotho as their home language. The district code is DC35.

## Geography
### Neighbours

Capricorn is surrounded by:
* Vhembe (DC34) to the north-east
* Mopani (DC33) east
* Sekhukhune (CBDC3) to the south
* Waterberg (DC36) to the west

### Local municipalities

The district contains the following local municipalities:
| Local municipality | Population | % | Dominant language |
| Polokwane | 508 272 | 44.02% | Northern Sotho |
| Lepelle-Nkumpi | 227 965 | 19.74% | Northern Sotho |
| Blouberg | 161 326 | 13.97% | Northern Sotho |
| Aganang (was amalgamated into other municipalities in 2016) | 147 686 | 12.79% | Northern Sotho |
| Molemole | 109 442 | 9.48% | Northern Sotho |

## Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 census.
| Language | Population | % |
| Northern Sotho | 1 055 421 | 84.90% |
| Afrikaans | 36 901 | 2.97% |
| Tsonga | 32 379 | 2.60% |
| English | 25 177 | 2.03% |
| Ndebele | 24 733 | 1.99% |
| Other | 18 489 | 1.49% |
| Venda | 17 477 | 1.41% |
| Zulu | 11 671 | 0.94% |
| Sotho | 8 170 | 0.66% |
| Tswana | 6 990 | 0.56% |
| Xhosa | 2 167 | 0.17% |
| Swati | 1 418 | 0.11% |

### Gender

| Gender | Population | % |
| Female | 671 220 | 53.21% |
| Male | 590 242 | 46.79% |

### Ethnic group

| Ethnic group | Population | % |
| Black African | 1 211 874 | 96.07% |
| White African | 35 470 | 2.81% |
| Coloured | 6 271 | 0.50% |
| Indian/Asian | 5 234 | 0.41% |

### Age

| Age | Population | % |
| 000 - 004 | 130 815 | 11.33% |
| 005 - 009 | 157 650 | 13.65% |
| 010 - 014 | 165 920 | 14.37% |
| 015 - 019 | 152 744 | 13.23% |
| 020 - 024 | 99 157 | 8.59% |
| 025 - 029 | 75 833 | 6.57% |
| 030 - 034 | 63 494 | 5.50% |
| 035 - 039 | 59 857 | 5.18% |
| 040 - 044 | 49 348 | 4.27% |
| 045 - 049 | 41 593 | 3.60% |
| 050 - 054 | 34 780 | 3.01% |
| 055 - 059 | 26 819 | 2.32% |
| 060 - 064 | 27 205 | 2.36% |
| 065 - 069 | 21 739 | 1.88% |
| 070 - 074 | 19 736 | 1.71% |
| 075 - 079 | 10 620 | 0.92% |
| 080 - 084 | 10 541 | 0.91% |
| 085 - 089 | 3 649 | 0.32% |
| 090 - 094 | 1 978 | 0.17% |
| 095 - 099 | 857 | 0.07% |
| 100 plus | 338 | 0.03% |

## Politics
### Election results

Election results for Capricorn in the South African general election, 2004.
* Population 18 and over: 601 852 [52.12% of total population]
* Total votes: 341 004 [29.53% of total population]
* Voting % estimate: 56.66% votes as a % of population 18 and over
| Party | Votes | % |
| African National Congress | 301 125 | 88.31% |
| Democratic Alliance | 14 208 | 4.17% |
| United Democratic Movement | 6 238 | 1.83% |
| African Christian Democratic Party | 4 571 | 1.34% |
| Pan African Congress | 3 143 | 0.92% |
| Azanian People's Organisation | 2 921 | 0.86% |
| Freedom Front Plus | 2 296 | 0.67% |
| New National Party | 2 249 | 0.66% |
| Independent Democrats | 764 | 0.22% |
| Inkhata Freedom Party | 587 | 0.17% |
| United Christian Democratic Party | 497 | 0.15% |
| NA | 491 | 0.14% |
| EMSA | 328 | 0.10% |
| SOPA | 300 | 0.09% |
| PJC | 277 | 0.08% |
| TOP | 228 | 0.07% |
| UF | 215 | 0.06% |
| CDP | 213 | 0.06% |
| KISS | 125 | 0.04% |
| NLP | 121 | 0.04% |
| Minority Front | 107 | 0.03% |
| Total | 341 004 | 100.00% |