Geographically the Namaqua District Municipality (NDM) is the largest district, and has a small and dispersed population. Each local municipality has a small population, Following upon the Namaqua District Municipality (NDM), is the smallest the Karoo and the largest one is NamaKhoi. The bigger part of the population enjoys higher education whereas about 5% of the community has no schooling. About 5.1% of the population have HIV/AIDS, and this pandemic is growing rapidly due to a lack of accessible testing facilities. The mining sector is the largest contributor to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (52%), but its contribution towards employing communities surrounding the NDM is declining.