Sarah Baartman (District)
| Sarah Baartman Sarah Baartman District Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Eastern Cape | |
| Seat | Port Elizabeth | |
| surface | 58,914 km² | |
| Residents | 450,584 (October 2011) | |
| density | 7.6 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | DC10 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | |
| Website | www.cacadu.co.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Khunjuzwa Eunice Kekana | |
Coordinates: 33 ° 57 ′ S , 25 ° 36 ′ E
The district Sarah Baartman ( English Sarah Baartman District Municipality ), until 2015 Cacadu ( English Cacadu District Municipality ), is located in the western part of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa . 450,584 inhabitants live in an area of 58,194 km² (as of 2011). The administrative seat is Port Elizabeth , which is not in the district.
In 2015 the district got its current name. Sarah Baartman was a Khoikhoi woman who was exhibited in Europe and died there. Cacadu is an isiXhosa term and describes the landscape, characterized by semi-arid plains and swaying mountains, which extends to the sea.
Community structure
As an example of the infrastructure here is the water supply for households (HWA = own domestic water connection; ÖWA = public water connection nearby; KWA = no connection to a water supply network):
| Municipality (at the time of the survey) | Administrative headquarters | Area (km²) | Residents | HWA | ÖWA | KWA |
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| Blue Crane Route | Somerset East | 9,836 | 35.002 | 12% | 68% | 20% |
| Dr Beyers Naudé | Graaff-Reinet | 28,653 | 79.291 | 21% | 71% | 8th % |
| Kouga | Jeffreys Bay | 2,419 | 70,687 | 19% | 73% | 8th % |
| Kou kamma | Kareedouw | 3,574 | 34,285 | 25% | 38% | 37% |
| Makana | Makhanda | 4,376 | 75,295 | 11% | 79% | 9% |
| Ndlambe | Port Alfred | 1,841 | 53,604 | 13% | 70% | 17% |
| Sundays River Valley | Kirkwood | 3,508 | 39,853 | 6% | 62% | 32% |
National parks / nature reserves
- Baviaanskloof Mega-Reserve (part of the Cape Floral Kingdom and UNESCO - World Heritage )
- Addo Elephant National Park
- Tsitsikamma National Park
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 349 kB), accessed on November 27, 2015
- ^ Eastern Cape municipality named after Sarah Baartman. ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. SABC of September 24, 2015 (English), accessed August 16, 2016
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities
- ^ Community statistics South Africa
