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Mier Local Municipality

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The name Mier is an Afrikaans word that originates from the word "mere" which means "lakes". When German missionaries visited the area a long time ago, they found the pans in the area full of water. They called them "mere". As language changed, the people later pronounced it as "mier".
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Mier has a population of 7,003, which is the smallest of any municipality in South Africa. It is also the most sparsely populated municipality in the country, covering a land area of 22,468 square kilometres (8,675 sq mi) with a
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of 0.31 inhabitants per square kilometre (0.80/sq mi). Mier is the municipality in South Africa with the highest percentage of
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so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the
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Other villages and populated places in the municipality include
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The municipal council consisted of seven members elected by
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Independent Electoral Commission 14: 1583: 964: 1567:Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality 1489: 1309: 836:"Contact list: Executive Mayors" 398:Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality 58: 43: 1008:ZF Mgcawu District Municipality 943:"Seat Calculation Detail: Mier" 394://Khara Hais Local Municipality 347:ZF Mgcawu District Municipality 935: 910: 892: 881: 455:Kalahari Gemsbok National Park 403: 1: 1572:Northern Cape geography stubs 821: 64:Location in the Northern Cape 1505:. You can help Knowledge by 1444:John Taolo Gaetsewe District 359:Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 7: 605: 584: 574: 571: 556: 553: 538: 535: 520: 517: 502: 499: 484: 481: 466: 463: 448: 445: 10: 1588: 1484: 616:first-past-the-post voting 1470: 1442: 1409: 1371: 1318: 1307: 1266: 1204: 1166: 1138: 1090: 1076: 1030: 1018: 900:"Mier Local Municipality" 869:. 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Index

Local municipality
Official seal of Mier
Location in the Northern Cape
26°20′S 20°20′E / 26.333°S 20.333°E / -26.333; 20.333
South Africa
Northern Cape
District
ZF Mgcawu
Rietfontein
Wards
Municipal council
Black African
Coloured
Indian
Asian
White
First languages
Afrikaans
Time zone
UTC+2
SAST
local municipality
ZF Mgcawu District Municipality
Northern Cape
South Africa
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Rietfontein
2011 census
population density
Afrikaans

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