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The municipalities of South Africa as of 2016. This is a list of municipalities of South Africa.The largest metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is divided into district municipalities, each of which consists of several local municipalities.
The following map depicts the provinces and districts of South Africa. The district municipalities are labelled with numbers that correspond to their district code, while the metropolitan municipalities are labelled with letters that correspond to their names. Further details of the districts are listed in the table that follows the image.
Map of South Africa. This is a list of places in South Africa which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
The district municipalities are divided into a total of 205 local municipalities. In general, a local municipality includes one or more towns and the surrounding villages and rural areas. A local municipality exercises all the municipal functions not carried out by the district municipality within which it lies.
As of 2020, municipalities owed South Africa's Water Boards a total of R12 billion, and a culture of non-payment had taken hold. [12] They had also accumulated debt of R46.1 billion (R31 billion overdue) with Eskom. [13]
The district municipalities are labelled with their code, excluding the letters "DC"; for example, Xhariep District Municipality, which has code DC16, is labelled with a 16. The metropolitan municipalities are labelled with letters.
English: Map of South Africa with the borders of the provinces and municipalities, as they are after the municipal elections of 3 August 2016. Date 7 August 2016
The North West province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into four district municipalities which are in turn divided into eighteen local municipalities. In the following map, the district municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours.