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Kungwini Local Municipality
Local municipality
Location in Gauteng
Country	South Africa
Province	Gauteng
District	Metsweding District
Seat	Bronkhorstspruit
Area
• Total	2,202 km (850 sq mi)
Population
• Total	104,149
• Density	47/km (120/sq mi)
• Households	31 665
Racial makeup
• Black African	84.03%
• White	14.12%
• Coloured	1.59%
• Indian or Asian	0.26%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	GT462

Kungwini Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Metsweding District of Gauteng in South Africa. The town of Bronkhorstspruit was the seat of the municipality.

Kungwini, along with the Metsweding District, was disestablished and absorbed into the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality on 18 May 2011, the date of the 2011 municipal election.

Kungwini is an isiNdebele word meaning "mist". Because the area is misty, the name was relevant for the local community.

Main places

Main places of the municipality, from the 2001 census:

References

1. "Community Survey, 2007: Basic Results Municipalities" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
2. "Community Survey 2007 interactive data". Statistics South Africa. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
3. Shonisani, Tshifhiwa (27 February 2011). "Bronkhorstspruit residents to march against proposed merger". The Citizen. Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
4. South African Languages - Place names
5. Lookup Tables - Statistics South Africa

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