Karoo Hoogland is situated in the most Southern part of the Northern Cape and falls within the area of jurisdiction of Namaqua District Municipality. The Namaqua District Municipality’s head office is located Springbok.

The three main towns in Karoo Hoogland are Williston, Fraserburg and Sutherland which are respectively 499 km, 592 km and 539 km from Springbok.

Since 2021, Karoo Hoogland Municipality is divided into 6 Wards and there is an estimate of 3109 households in the whole area – about 2209 Households which are located within the towns, are serviced by the Municipality.

Since 2001, the municipality’s of Williston, Fraserburg and Sutherland amalgamated to form Karoo Hoogland Municipality.

Thus Karoo Hoogland Municipality is an amalgamation of Fraserburg, Sutherland, Williston and surrounding rural areas.