Central Karoo District Municipality

Central Karoo District Municipality
Sentraal Karoo Distriksmunisipaliteit
UMasipala weSithili Sombindi Karoo
—  District municipality  —
Location in the Western Cape
Local municipalities within the Central Karoo
Coordinates (Beaufort West):
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
Seat Beaufort West
Local municipalities
List
Government
 • Type Municipal council
 • Mayor Doreen Hugo (ANC)
Area[1]
 • Total 38,853 km2 (15,001.2 sq mi)
Population [2]
 • Total 56,230
 • Density 1.4/km2 (3.7/sq mi)
 • Households 15,708
Racial makeup[3]
 • Coloured 80.43%
 • White 9.93%
 • Black African 9.53%
 • Indian or Asian 0.12%
Languages[4]
 • Afrikaans 89.29%
 • Xhosa 9.10%
 • English 1.06%
Time zone South African Standard Time (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.

Contents

Geography

Adjacent municipalities

Local municipalities

Politics

Election results

Election results for Central Karoo in the South African general election, 2004.

Party Votes %
African National Congress 14 368 60.30%
Democratic Alliance 3 999 16.78%
Independent Democrats 2 583 10.84%
New National Party 1 814 7.61%
African Christian Democratic Party 384 1.61%
Freedom Front Plus 306 1.28%
Pan African Congress 90 0.38%
NA 36 0.15%
United Democratic Movement 28 0.12%
Inkhata Freedom Party 28 0.12%
Azanian People's Organisation 27 0.11%
CDP 25 0.10%
United Christian Democratic Party 24 0.10%
EMSA 21 0.09%
NLP 20 0.08%
PJC 20 0.08%
TOP 14 0.06%
SOPA 13 0.05%
UF 13 0.05%
KISS 12 0.05%
Minority Front 4 0.02%
Total 23 829 100.00%

References

  1. ^ "Central Karoo District Municipality". Municipal Demarcation Board. http://www.demarcation.org.za/PortalPages/Info_1.aspx?type=District&code=DC5&Prov=Western%20Cape. Retrieved 7 February 2010. 
  2. ^ "Community Survey, 2007: Basic Results Municipalities" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/P03011/P030112007.pdf. Retrieved 7 February 2010. 
  3. ^ "Community Survey 2007 interactive data". Statistics South Africa. http://www.statssa.gov.za/community_new/content.asp?link=interactivedata.asp. Retrieved 8 January 2010. 
  4. ^ "Census 2001 interactive data". Statistics South Africa. http://www.statssa.gov.za/census01/html/C2001Interactive.asp. Retrieved 8 January 2010. 

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Municipalities and communities of Central Karoo District Municipality, Western Cape
District seat: Beaufort West
Local municipalities

Laingsburg • Prince Albert • Beaufort West
Cities and towns

Beaufort West • Laingsburg • Leeu-Gamka • Matjiesfontein • Merweville • Murraysburg • Nelspoort • Prince Albert
Metropolitan
District
and local
Central Karoo