South African Municipal Ward Boundaries, 2020

In 2020, South Africa was divided into 4,468 municipal wards, forming the smallest administrative units within the local government system. These wards were distributed across 205 local municipalities and 8 metropolitan municipalities, with each ward represented by an elected ward councilor. Ward boundaries were determined by the Municipal Demarcation Board based on factors such as population size, geographic considerations, and administrative efficiency.

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Additional Info

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Feature metadata record on SAEOSS landing page? false
DOI 10.15493/SARVA.31092023
Metadata Standard
Metadata standard name
SANS 1878-1:2011
Metadata standard version
1.1
Metadata record responsible party
Individual name
Municipal Demarcation Board
Position name
Independent Authority
Role
resource provider
Electronic mail address
Website URL
Metadata record responsible party contact info
Phone
Facsimile
Metadata record responsible party contact address
delivery Point
City
Administrative area
Postal Code
Topic category and SAEOSS theme
Topic Category
Boundaries
Metadata and Metadata record language and character set
Dataset language
English
Dataset character set
UTF-8
Metadata language
English
Metadata character set
UTF-8
Lineage statement The increase in wards from 4,277 in 2009 to 4,468 in 2020 was driven by population growth and governance reforms aimed at improving representation and service delivery at the local level.
Metadata record point of contact
Individual contact name
Municipal Demarcation Board
Role / Position of the contact individual
Independent Authority
Organisation role
point of contact
Electronic mail address
info@demarcation.org.za
Metadata record point of contact additional info
Contact point phone
Contact point facsimile
Metadata record online information
URL
https://spatialhub-mdb-sa.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/279fbf82a48f46678ddd498627af3f0a_0/about
Name
MDB Wards 2020
Application profile
Description
download
Distribution format
Metadata record distribution format name
Electronic metadata record
Metadata record distribution format version
1.0
Spatial parameters
Spatial resolution equivalent scale
NA
Spatial representation type
Grid (grid data is used to represent geographic data)
Spatial Reference System Identifier
WGS:84
Additional information about Reference Systems (temporal, vertical)
Reference date
Reference date 1
Reference datetime
2020-11-12T00:00
Reference date type
Publication
Metadata stamp date 2025-08-13T16:27
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