| Karoo Hoogland | |
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| — Local municipality — | |
| Location in the Northern Cape | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Namakwa District |
| Seat | Williston |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Jan Julies (COPE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29,397 km2 (11,350.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2007)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,420 |
| • Density | 0.4/km2 (0.9/sq mi) |
| • Households | 2,982 |
| Racial makeup[2] (2007) | |
| • Black African | 0.60% |
| • White | 17.18% |
| • Coloured | 82.06% |
| • Indian or Asian | 0.16% |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) |
| Municipal code | NC066 |
| Website | http://www.karoohoogland.co.za |
Karoo Hoogland is an administrative area in the Namakwa District of Northern Cape in South Africa.
Hoogland an Afrikaans word meaning "highland" and Karoo is a Khoi word meaning "hard" or "dry". The name reflects the area which has dry, arid and dessert-like conditions.[3]
The municipality incorporates the towns of Williston, Fraserburg and Sutherland. Although the towns are separated by more than 100 km by road, they share many administrative tasks.
Jan Julies was elected the first COPE mayor of the municipality in 2011, as a COPE-DA coalition took control of the council after the election of 18 May 2011.[4]
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