# List of municipalities in Limpopo

Limpopo province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into five district municipalities which are in turn divided into twenty-two local municipalities.
In the following map, the district municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.

## District municipalities

| Name | Code | Seat | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2016) | Pop. density (per km$^2$) |
| Capricorn District Municipality | DC35 | Polokwane | 21,705 | 1,330,436 | 61.3 |
| Mopani District Municipality | DC33 | Giyani | 20,011 | 1,159,185 | 57.9 |
| Sekhukhune District Municipality | DC47 | Groblersdal | 13,528 | 1,169,762 | 86.5 |
| Vhembe District Municipality | DC34 | Thohoyandou | 25,596 | 1,393,949 | 54.5 |
| Waterberg District Municipality | DC36 | Modimolle | 44,913 | 745,758 | 16.6 |

## Local municipalities

| Name | Code | District | Seat | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2016) | Pop. density (per km$^2$) |
| Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality | LIM334 | Mopani | Phalaborwa | 7,489 | 168,937 | 22.6 |
| Bela-Bela Local Municipality | LIM366 | Waterberg | Bela-Bela | 3,406 | 76,296 | 22.4 |
| Blouberg Local Municipality | LIM351 | Capricorn | Senwabarwana | 9,540 | 172,601 | 18.1 |
| Collins Chabane Local Municipality | LIM345 | Vhembe | Malamulele | 5,003 | 347,974 | 69.6 |
| Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality | LIM472 | Sekhukhune | Groblersdal | 3,713 | 268,256 | 72.2 |
| Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality | LIM471 | Sekhukhune | Marble Hall | 2,011 | 127,168 | 63.2 |
| Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality | LIM476 | Sekhukhune | Apel | 5,693 | 489,902 | 86.0 |
| Greater Giyani Local Municipality | LIM331 | Mopani | Giyani | 4,172 | 256,127 | 61.4 |
| Greater Letaba Local Municipality | LIM332 | Mopani | Modjadjiskloof | 1,891 | 218,030 | 115.3 |
| Greater Tzaneen Local Municipality | LIM333 | Mopani | Tzaneen | 2,897 | 416,146 | 143.7 |
| Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality | LIM355 | Capricorn | Chuniespoort | 3,484 | 235,380 | 67.6 |
| Lephalale Local Municipality | LIM362 | Waterberg | Lephalale | 13,794 | 140,240 | 10.2 |
| Makhado Local Municipality | LIM344 | Vhembe | Louis Trichardt | 7,605 | 416,728 | 54.8 |
| Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality | LIM473 | Sekhukhune | Jane Furse | 2,110 | 284,435 | 134.8 |
| Maruleng Local Municipality | LIM335 | Mopani | Hoedspruit | 3,563 | 99,946 | 28.1 |
| Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality | LIM368 | Waterberg | Modimolle | 10,367 | 107,699 | 10.4 |
| Mogalakwena Local Municipality | LIM367 | Waterberg | Mokopane | 6,156 | 325,291 | 52.8 |
| Molemole Local Municipality | LIM353 | Capricorn | Dendron | 3,628 | 125,327 | 34.5 |
| Musina Local Municipality | LIM341 | Vhembe | Musina | 10,347 | 132,009 | 12.8 |
| Polokwane Local Municipality | LIM354 | Capricorn | Polokwane | 5,054 | 797,127 | 157.7 |
| Thabazimbi Local Municipality | LIM361 | Waterberg | Thabazimbi | 11,190 | 96,232 | 8.6 |
| Thulamela Local Municipality | LIM343 | Vhembe | Thohoyandou | 2,642 | 497,237 | 188.2 |

## Former municipalities

These municipalities have been dissolved since the current system of local government was established in 2000.
| Name | Code | Dissolved | Fate |
| Bohlabela District Municipality | CBDC4 | 1 March 2006 | Annexed by Ehlanzeni and Mopani District Municipalities |
| Mutale Local Municipality | LIM342 | 3 August 2016 | Annexed by Musina and Thulamela Local Municipalities |
| Aganang Local Municipality | LIM352 | 3 August 2016 | Annexed by Blouberg, Molemole and Polokwane Local Municipalities |
| Mookgopong Local Municipality | LIM364 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality |
| Modimolle Local Municipality | LIM365 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Modimolle–Mookgophong Local Municipality |
| Fetakgomo Local Municipality | LIM474 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality |
| Greater Tubatse Local Municipality | LIM475 | 3 August 2016 | Merged to create Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality |