Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality
Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality is located in the Mopani District Municipality of Limpopo province, South Africa. The seat of Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality is Phalaborwa.
Main places
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:| Place | Code | Area | Population | Most spoken language |
| Ba Phalaborwa Ba Nakome | 126.78 | 46,920 | Northern Sotho | |
| Bashai-Ditlou | 38.43 | 12,039 | Northern Sotho | |
| Die Eiland | 53.55 | 45 | Tsonga | |
| Ga-Mashishimale | 0.49 | 412 | Northern Sotho | |
| Gravelotte Township | 0.40 | 422 | Northern sotho | |
| Gravelotte | 5.01 | 321 | Northern Sotho | |
| Letaba Ranch | 215.73 | 30 | Northern Sotho | |
| Majeje | 46.67 | 43,523 | Tsonga | |
| Murchison | 6.14 | 1,419 | Tsonga | |
| Phalaborwa Part 1 | 191.10 | 12,938 | Afrikaans | |
| Phalaborwa Part 2 | 4.83 | 4,573 | Northern Sotho | |
| Remainder of the municipality | 2,310.62 | 8,459 | Tsonga |
Politics
The municipal council consists of thirty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Nineteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in nineteen wards, while the remaining eighteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress won a majority of twenty-six seats on the council.The following table shows the results of the election.