Central Karoo District Municipality
Central Karoo Sentraal Karoo |
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Country | South Africa | |
Province | Western Cape | |
Seat | Beaufort West | |
Local municipalities | ||
Government[1] | ||
• Type | Municipal council | |
• Mayor | Doreen Hugo | |
Area | ||
• Total | 38,854 km2 (15,002 sq mi) | |
Population (2011)[2] | ||
• Total | 71,011 | |
• Density | 1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi) | |
Racial makeup (2011)[2] | ||
• Black African | 12.7% | |
• Coloured | 76.2% | |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% | |
• White | 10.1% | |
First languages (2011)[3] | ||
• Afrikaans | 87.2% | |
• Xhosa | 7.8% | |
• English | 2.6% | |
• Other | 2.4% | |
Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
Municipal code | DC5 |
The Central Karoo District Municipality (Afrikaans: Sentraal Karoo-distriksmunisipaliteit) is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC5.
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Geography
The Central Karoo District Municipality is divided into three local municipalities, which are described in the following table.
Name | Seat | Population (2011) |
Area (km2) |
Density (inhabitants/km2) |
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Laingsburg[4] | Laingsburg | 8,289 | 8,784 | 0.94 |
Prince Albert[5] | Prince Albert | 13,136 | 8,153 | 1.61 |
Beaufort West[6] | Beaufort West | 49,586 | 21,917 | 2.26 |
Total | 71,011 | 38,854 | 1.83 |
Adjacent municipalities
- Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape (northeast)
- Cacadu District Municipality, Eastern Cape (east)
- Eden District Municipality (south)
- Cape Winelands District Municipality (southwest)
- Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape (northwest)
Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 Census.[7] Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.
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Politics
The council of the Central Karoo District Municipality consists of thirteen councillors, of whom six are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and seven are appointed by the councils of the constituent local municipalities: five by Beaufort West and one each by Laingsburg and Prince Albert. As of August 2012[update] there are six councillors representing the African National Congress (ANC), six representing the Democratic Alliance (DA), and one representing the Karoo Gemeenskaps Party (KGP). The KGP councillor is in a coalition with the ANC.[8] The mayor is Edward Njadu and the deputy mayor is Elsabe Maans; both are ANC representatives.[9]
The following table shows the detailed composition of the council.[8]
ANC | DA | KGP | |
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Directly elected | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Appointed by Laingsburg | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Appointed by Prince Albert | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Appointed by Beaufort West | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 6 | 6 | 1 |
The following table shows the results of the election of the ten directly-elected councillors on 18 May 2011.[10]
Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats | |
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African National Congress | 10,721 | 49.5 | 3 | |
Democratic Alliance | 9,377 | 43.3 | 3 | |
Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa | 816 | 3.8 | 0 | |
National People's Party | 481 | 2.2 | 0 | |
South African Progressive Civic Organisation | 268 | 1.2 | 0 | |
Total | 21,663 | 100.00 | 6 | |
Spoilt votes[11] | 2,385 |
References
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