//Khara Hais Local Municipality

//Khara Hais Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It falls within the ZF Mgcawu District Municipality and governs the town of Upington and surrounding rural areas. it the municipality has a population of approximately 93,500 people, and covers an area of. The unusual spelling of the name, with the // character, is a result of the transcription of the click consonant used in the Kxoe language from which the name originates.After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged with the Mier Local Municipality to form the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality.GeographyThe municipality area covers and stretches from the Orange River valley northwards to the international border with Botswana. Irrigation from the Orange River has produced a narrow band of irrigated land along the valley, while the rest of the municipality is desert, being the southernmost extent of the Kalahari. The Molopo and Kuruman Rivers flow intermittently through this desert area.According to the 2011 census the municipality has a population of 93,494 people in 23,245 households. 65.2% of these people describe themselves as "Coloured", 23.1% as "Black African", and 9.9% as "White". 86.5% of the population speaks Afrikaans as their first language, 5.1% speak Xhosa, 3.6% speak Tswana and 1.9% speak English.