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Coordinates: 33°45′S22°00′E / 33.750°S 22.000°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
Seat | George |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Andrew Stroebel (DA) |
Area | |
• Total | 23,331 km2 (9,008 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [2] | |
• Total | 574,265 |
• Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 24.7% |
• Coloured | 54.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 19.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 70.8% |
• Xhosa | 18.3% |
• English | 7.5% |
• Other | 3.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC4 |
The Garden Route District Municipality (Afrikaans : Tuinroete-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.
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.
Name | Seat | Population (2011) | Area (km2) | Density (inhabitants/km2) |
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Kannaland [4] | Ladismith | 24,767 | 4,758 | 5.2 |
Hessequa [5] | Riversdale | 52,642 | 5,733 | 9.2 |
Mossel Bay [6] | Mossel Bay | 89,430 | 2,011 | 44.5 |
George [7] | George | 193,672 | 5,191 | 37.3 |
Oudtshoorn [8] | Oudtshoorn | 95,933 | 3,537 | 27.1 |
Bitou [9] | Plettenberg Bay | 49,162 | 992 | 49.6 |
Knysna [10] | Knysna | 68,659 | 1,109 | 61.9 |
Total | 574,265 | 23,331 | 24.6 |
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.
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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]
Party | Directly elected | Appointed by local councils | Total | |||||||
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Kannaland | Hessequa | Mossel Bay | George | Oudtshoorn | Bitou | Knysna | ||||
DA | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 | |
ANC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
Independent Civic Organisation | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
AIC | 1 | 1 |
The following table shows the results of the election of the fourteen directly elected councillors. [13] [14]
Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats | |
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DA | 106,242 | 53.2% | 8 | |
ANC | 61,755 | 30.9% | 5 | |
Independent Civic Organisation | 10,791 | 5.4% | 1 | |
VF+ | 3,965 | 2.0% | 0 | |
EFF | 3,604 | 1.8% | 0 | |
AIC | 3,380 | 1.7% | 0 | |
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners | 2,592 | 1.3% | 0 | |
ACDP | 2,439 | 1.2% | 0 | |
COPE | 1,804 | 0.9% | 0 | |
South African Religious Civic Organisation | 1,018 | 0.5% | 0 | |
South Africa Civics | 858 | 0.4% | 0 | |
Knysna Unity Congress | 525 | 0.3% | 0 | |
Democratic New Civic Organisation | 378 | 0.2% | 0 | |
Christian Democrats | 314 | 0.2% | 0 | |
George Independent Ratepayers Forum | 163 | 0.1% | 0 | |
Total | 199,828 | 14 | ||
Valid votes | 199,828 | 98.1% | ||
Spoilt votes | 3,819 | 1.9% | ||
Total votes cast | 203,647 | |||
Registered voters | 326,165 | |||
Turnout percentage | 62.4% |
The Garden Route is a 300-kilometre (190 mi) stretch of the south-eastern coast of South Africa which extends from Witsand in the Western Cape to the border of Tsitsikamma Storms River in the Eastern Cape. The name comes from the verdant and ecologically diverse vegetation encountered here and the numerous estuaries and lakes dotted along the coast. It includes towns such as Witsand, Heidelberg, Riversdale, Stilbaai, Albertinia, Gouritsmond, Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Mossel Bay, Oudtshoorn, Great Brak River, Little Brak River, Wilderness, Sedgefield and Nature's Valley; with George, the Garden Route's largest city and main administrative centre.
Knysna Municipality is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2022, its population is 96,055. Its municipal code is WC048.
George Municipality is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2011, the population is 193,672. Its municipality code is WC044.
Mossel Bay Municipality is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2011, the population was 89,430.
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Hessequa Municipality, known before 24 June 2005 as Langeberg Municipality, is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is flanked by the lower Breede River to the west and the Gourits River to the east. As of 2022, the population was 71,918. Its municipality code is WC042. The name Hessequa, meaning "people of the trees", refers to the indigenous Khoikhoi people.
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