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Waterberg District Municipality
Waterberg is one of the 5 districts of Limpopo province of South Africa. The seat of Waterberg is Modimolle (formerley known as ''Nylstroom''). The majority of its 614 139 people speak Northern Sotho (2001 Census). The district code is DC36.
==Geography==
The municipality contains much of the Waterberg Biosphere, a UNESCO designated Biosphere Reserve. The Waterberg Biosphere is a massif of approximately 15,000 square kilometers. Waterberg is the first region in the northern part of South Africa to be named as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. The extensive rock formation was shaped by hundreds of millions of years of riverine erosion to yield diverse bluff and butte landform.〔C.Michael Hogan, Mark L. Cooke and Helen Murray, ''The Waterberg Biosphere'', Lumina Technologies, May 22, 2006. ()〕 The ecosystem can be characterised as a dry deciduous forest or Bushveld. Within the Waterberg there are archaeological finds dating to the Stone Age, and nearby are early evolutionary finds related to the origin of humans.
The following sets forth neighboring municipalities and principal municalities within the Waterberg District Municipality:
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