Matzikama
| Matzikama Matzikama Local Municipality |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | South Africa |
| province | Western cape |
| District | West coast |
| Seat | Vredendal |
| surface | 5539 km² |
| Residents | 67,147 (October 2011) |
| density | 12 inhabitants per km² |
| key | WC011 |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA toilet |
| Website | www.matzikamamun.co.za (Afrikaans, English) |
| politics | |
| mayor | Rhenda Stephan |
Coordinates: 31 ° 39 ′ S , 18 ° 30 ′ E
Matzikama is a municipality in the West Coast District , Western Cape Province in South Africa . In 2011 the population was 67,147 on a total area of 5,539 km². The seat of the municipal administration is Vredendal . Mayor is Rhenda Stephan.
Matzikama is a Khoisan term, matzi means "he gives" and kama means "water". The Khoisan lived in the water-giving mountains.
Cities and towns
population
In 2011 the community had 67,147 inhabitants. 74.7% of these were colored , 14.8% white and 8.5 5 black.
89.2% Afrikaans, 3.4% IsiXhosa and 1.7% English were spoken.
Web links
- The community site (English)
- Portrait at localgovernment.co.za (English)