The municipality covers an area of in the south-west part of
North West province. At the time of the
2011 census it has a population of 60,355. According to the census, the predominant language in the municipality is
Setswana, spoken by 85.1% of the population, followed by
Afrikaans (7.2%),
Sesotho (2.2%) and
English (1.7%). 91.5% of the population identified as "
Black African", 5.5% as "
White", 2.2% as "
Coloured", and 0.5% as "
Indian or
Asian". The 2016 Community Survey estimated that the population had increased to 64,000. The principal town is
Schweizer-Reneke, located in the centre of the municipality, which (including the township of
Ipelegeng) had a population of 41,226 in 2011. Other settlements include
Amalia (pop. 5,481) to the west, and Migdol (pop. 3,526) and
Glaudina (pop. 2,368) to the north-east. Roads radiate outwards from Schweizer-Reneke towards
Vryburg,
Delareyville,
Wolmaransstad,
Bloemhof,
Christiana and
Pudimoe. The road from Vryburg to Bloemhof is designated as
provincial route R34, while the others are designated as
regional routes R504 (Pudimoe–Wolmaransstad) and
R506 (Christiana–Delareyville). The
Coligny–Vermaas–Pudimoe railway line also passes through the municipality. == Financial mismanagement ==