George (Parish)

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George
George Local Municipality
Map of the Western Cape with George highlighted (2016) .svg
Basic data
Country South Africa
province Western cape
District Garden RouteTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat George
surface 1072 km²
Residents 193,672 (October 2011)
density 181 inhabitants per km²
key WC044
ISO 3166-2 ZA toilet
Website george.org.za (English)
politics
mayor Melvin Naik

Coordinates: 33 ° 57 ′  S , 22 ° 28 ′  E

George is a municipality in the Garden Route District, Western Cape Province in South Africa . In 2011 the population was 193,672 on a total area of ​​1,072 km². The town council is based in George .

The community is named after King George III .

Cities / towns

population

In 2011 the community had 193,672 inhabitants. Of these, 50.4% were colored , 28.2% black and 19.7% white.

65.7% Afrikaans, 21.2% IsiXhosa and 7.9% English were spoken.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Municipal boundaries South Africa
  2. ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities
  3. http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=george-municipality