Knysna (municipality)
| Knysna Knysna Local Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa |
| province | Western cape |
| District | Garden Route |
| Seat | Knysna |
| surface | 1059 km² |
| Residents | 68,659 (October 2011) |
| density | 65 inhabitants per km² |
| key | WC048 |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA toilet |
| Website | www.knysna.gov.za (English) |
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| mayor | Mark Willemse |
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Coordinates: 34 ° 2 ′ S , 23 ° 4 ′ E
Knysna is a municipality in the Garden Route District, Western Cape Province in South Africa . The municipality has an area of 1,059 km². The municipal administration is based in Knysna .
The community name means "deep / dark cliffs", derived from the Khoisan word Nysna or Xnysna .
Cities / towns
population
In 2011 the community had 68,569 inhabitants. Of these, 40.9% were colored , 36.1% black and 21% white.
The spoken language was 49.9% Afrikaans, 27.7% IsiXhosa and 15% English.
Web links
Commons : Knysna - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website of the municipality
- Portrait at localgovernment.co.za (English)
- SA Explorer: Map of Knysna
Individual evidence
- ^ Municipal boundaries South Africa
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities ( Memento from August 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=knysna-municipality