Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality

Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati (formerly Bophirima ) is a district within the North West Province in South Africa. He has 463 815 inhabitants (as of 2011) on a total area of ​​47,478 km ². Seat of the district administration is Vryburg. By 2008 the district name was Bopirima.

Is named the district after Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, member of the African National Congress ( ANC) since 1952, member of the South African Parliament from 1994 to 1996 and South African Ambassador in Switzerland.

Subdivided the district is in the municipalities (Local municipalitys ):

  • Greater Taung
  • Kagisano
  • Lekwa - Teemane
  • Mamusa
  • Molopo
  • Naledi

National Parks and Nature Reserves

  • Leon Taljaard Nature Reserve
  • Molopo Nature Reserve
  • Taung World Heritage
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