Mossel Bay (Municipality)
| Mossel Bay Mossel Bay Local Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Western cape | |
| District | Garden Route | |
| Seat | Mossel Bay | |
| surface | 2011 km² | |
| Residents | 89,430 (October 2011) | |
| density | 44 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | WC043 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA toilet | |
| Website | www.mosselbay.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | H. Levendal | |
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Coordinates: 34 ° 10 ′ S , 22 ° 8 ′ E
Mossel Bay ( Afrikaans : Mosselbaai ) is a municipality in the Garden Route District, Western Cape Province in South Africa . In 2011 the population was 89,430 on a total area of 2,011 km². The seat of the local government is Mossel Bay .
The community name means "shell bay". The name was given to the bay in 1601 by the Dutch navigator Paulos van Caerden because of the large populations of mussels.
The Mossel Bay seawater desalination plant has been contributing to the water supply here since 2011 . It is the largest drinking water supply system in South Africa based on this technology.
Cities / towns
population
In 2011 the community had 89,430 inhabitants. Of these, 43.5% were colored, 29.5% black and 25.5% white.
The speakers were 66.4% Afrikaans, 21.1% IsiXhosa and 6.4% English.
Attractions
Web links
- Official website of the city of Mossel Bay (English)
- Portrait at localgovernment.co.za (English)
- German-language website about Mossel Bay
Individual evidence
- ^ Municipal boundaries South Africa
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities ( Memento from August 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ^ Western Cape Government: Mossel Bay's desalination plant gets top award . News from August 24, 2011 on www.mosselbay.gov.za (English)
- ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=mossel-bay-municipality