Swartland Local Municipality
Local municipality in Western Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Swartland Municipality (Afrikaans: Swartland Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Malmesbury is the seat of the municipality. As of 2016, it had a population of 133,762.[4] Its municipality code is WC015.
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Swartland | |
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Coordinates: 33°20′S 18°40′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | West Coast |
Seat | Malmesbury |
Wards | 12 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Harold Cleophas (DA) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,707 km2 (1,431 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 113,762 |
• Density | 31/km2 (79/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 18.3% |
• Coloured | 64.8% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
• White | 15.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 82.8% |
• Xhosa | 8.9% |
• English | 4.7% |
• Sotho | 1.5% |
• Other | 2.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | WC015 |
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