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Village or Tribe – a village is a human settlement or community that is larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town. The population of a village varies; the average population can range in the hundreds. Anthropologists regard the number of about 150 members for tribes as the maximum for a functioning human group.
A district municipality or Category C municipality is a municipality which executes some of the functions of local government for a district. The district municipality will in turn comprise several local municipalities, with which it shares the functions of local government.
Since 1994, South Africa has been divided into nine provinces: the Eastern Cape, the Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, the Northern Cape and the Western Cape. The boundaries of the provinces, which are specified in the national constitution, have been altered twice by constitutional amendment.
The legal meaning of the term "township" in South Africa differs from the popular usage and has a precise legal meaning [10] [11] without any racial connotations. The term is used in land titles and townships are subdivided into erfs (stands). [12] "Township" can also mean a designated area or district, as part of a place name.
B1 (secondary city) 2,678 1,664 455,228 170.0 273.6 Emfuleni Local Municipality: GT421 Gauteng: Sedibeng: Vanderbijlpark: B1 (secondary city) 966 600 733,445 759.3 1,222.0 Emthanjeni Local Municipality: NC073 Northern Cape: Pixley ka Seme: De Aar: B3 (small towns) 13,472 8,371 45,404 3.4 5.5 Endumeni Local Municipality: KZN241 KwaZulu-Natal ...
Because of this, in the Netherlands, no distinction is made between city and town; both translate as stad. A hamlet (gehucht) usually has fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, a village (dorp) ranges from 1,000 up to 25,000 inhabitants, and a place above 25,000 can call itself either village or city, mostly depending on historic reasons or size of the ...
This is a list of cities and towns found in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.They are divided according to the districts in which they are located.. In the case of settlements that have had their official names changed the traditional name is listed first followed by the new name.
The South African Geographical Names Council is a statutory body that deals specifically with changing names of places in South Africa, including municipalities. Mismanagement, inefficiency and discontent