Garden Route District Municipality

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Garden Route
Eden
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Location in South Africa
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Local municipalities within the Garden Route District
Coordinates: 33°45′S22°00′E / 33.750°S 22.000°E / -33.750; 22.000 Coordinates: 33°45′S22°00′E / 33.750°S 22.000°E / -33.750; 22.000
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
Seat George
Local municipalities
Government
[1]
  Type Municipal council
  MayorMemory Booysen (DA) (2016-)
Area
  Total23,331 km2 (9,008 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2]
  Total574,265
  Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
   Black African 24.7%
   Coloured 54.2%
   Indian/Asian 0.4%
   White 19.2%
First languages (2011)
[2]
   Afrikaans 70.8%
   Xhosa 18.3%
   English 7.5%
  Other3.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeDC4

The Garden Route District Municipality (Afrikaans : Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit or Garden Route Distriksmunisipaliteit; Xhosa : uMasipala weSithili sase Garden Route; formerly known as the Eden District Municipality [3] ) is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC4.

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Geography

The Garden Route District Municipality covers an area of 23,331 square kilometres (9,008 sq mi) in the southeastern part of the Western Cape, covering the regions known as the Garden Route and the Little Karoo. It stretches to the Breede River mouth and the Langeberg mountains on the west, where it abuts the Overberg District Municipality and (for a short distance) the Cape Winelands District Municipality. To the north the boundary with the Central Karoo District Municipality runs along the Swartberg mountains. In the east the municipality runs up to the Eastern Cape provincial boundary.

The district is divided into seven local municipalities, described in the following table.

NameSeatPopulation
(2011)
Area
(km2)
Density
(inhabitants/km2)
Kannaland [4] Ladismith 24,7674,7585.2
Hessequa [5] Riversdale 52,6425,7339.2
Mossel Bay [6] Mossel Bay 89,4302,01144.5
George [7] George 193,6725,19137.3
Oudtshoorn [8] Oudtshoorn 95,9333,53727.1
Bitou [9] Plettenberg Bay 49,16299249.6
Knysna [10] Knysna 68,6591,10961.9
Total574,26523,33124.6

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2011 Census. [11] Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.

First language

LanguagePopulation %
Afrikaans 397,46270.8%
Xhosa 102,74018.3%
English 42,2667.5%
Sotho 3,4120.6%
Tswana 2,6750.5%
Zulu 1,9600.3%
Sign language 1,8560.3%
Ndebele 1,0140.2%
Tsonga 7390.1%
Northern Sotho 6540.1%
Venda 5270.1%
Swazi 2960.1%
Other 5,6871.0%
Total561,288
Not applicable12,975

Race

RacePopulation %
Coloured 311,17854.2%
Black African 141,83024.7%
White 110,31419.2%
Indian or Asian 2,5260.4%
Other8,4181.5%
Total574,265

Gender

GenderPopulation %
Female293,34651.1%
Male280,91948.9%
Total574,265

Age

Age groupPopulation %
0–453,3449.3%
5–947,8978.3%
10–1447,2228.2%
15–1947,5528.3%
20–2448,2188.4%
25–2950,1388.7%
30–3442,0287.3%
35–3941,6177.2%
40–4440,1887.0%
45–4935,2316.1%
50–5429,9215.2%
55–5924,7264.3%
60–6421,3223.7%
65–6916,4552.9%
70–7412,5252.2%
75–797,8451.4%
80–844,5590.8%
85+2,1620.4%
Total574,265

Politics

The council of the Garden Route District Municipality consists of thirty-five councillors. Fourteen councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and twenty-one are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: six by George, four by Mossel Bay, three each by Oudtshoorn and Knysna, two each by Hessequa and Bitou, and one by Kannaland.

After the election of 3 August 2016 there are twenty-one councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA), twelve from the African National Congress (ANC), and one each from the Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (ICOSA) and the African Independent Congress (AIC). [12]

The following table shows the detailed composition of the council. [12]

PartyDirectly
elected
Appointed by local councilsTotal
KannalandHessequaMossel BayGeorgeOudtshoornBitouKnysna
Democratic Alliance 8113321221
ANC 511211112
Independent Civic Organisation 11
African Independent Congress 11

The following table shows the results of the election of the fourteen directly elected councillors. [13] [14]

PartyVotesVote %Seats
Democratic Alliance 106,24253.2%8
ANC 61,75530.9%5
Independent Civic Organisation 10,7915.4%1
Freedom Front Plus 3,9652.0%0
EFF 3,6041.8%0
African Independent Congress 3,3801.7%0
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners 2,5921.3%0
ACDP 2,4391.2%0
COPE 1,8040.9%0
South African Religious Civic Organisation1,0180.5%0
South Africa Civics8580.4%0
Knysna Unity Congress5250.3%0
Democratic New Civic Organisation3780.2%0
Christian Democrats (South Africa)3140.2%0
George Independent Ratepayers Forum1630.1%0
Total199,82814
Valid votes199,82898.1%
Spoilt votes 3,8191.9%
Total votes cast203,647
Registered voters326,165
Turnout percentage62.4%

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