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How many municipalities are there in South Africa?

South Africa has 213 local and metropolitan municipalities: 8 metros and 205 local municipalities, according to Stats SA's Census 2022 Provinces at a glance.

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30
Municipalities in each province. KwaZulu-Natal has the most.
  • KwaZulu-Natal44

    1 metro

  • Eastern Cape33

    2 metros

  • Northern Cape26

    0 metros

  • Western Cape25

    1 metro

  • Limpopo22

    0 metros

  • Free State19

    1 metro

  • North West18

    0 metros

  • Mpumalanga17

    0 metros

  • Gauteng9

    3 metros

Source: Stats SA, Census 2022 Provinces at a glance (Report no. 03-01-43), Person indicators per municipality, pages 6 to 44; Local municipal boundary changes, page 52. Source released . Checked on SA Data Hub . Original data: Stats SA. Any calculation shown is SA Data Hub's own processing.

Open: KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Limpopo, Free State, North West, Mpumalanga, Gauteng

How this was worked out

Counted from the municipal rows of Provinces at a glance: every row with a municipal code, plus the metros.

The publication says: "In 2011, there were 234 local municipalities. In 2018, the number of local municipalities reduced to 213." (page 52). Above these sit 44 district municipalities.

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