Witzenberg
| Witzenberg Witzenberg Local Municipality |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | South Africa |
| province | Western cape |
| District | Cape Winelands |
| Seat | Ceres |
| surface | 2851 km² |
| Residents | 115,946 (October 2011) |
| density | 41 inhabitants per km² |
| key | WC022 |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA toilet |
| Website | www.witzenberg.gov.za (English) |
| politics | |
| mayor | Barnito Klaasen |
Coordinates: 33 ° 17 ′ S , 19 ° 8 ′ E
Witzenberg is a municipality in the Cape Winelands district , Western Cape Province in South Africa . In 2011 the population was 115,946 on a total area of 2,851 km². The seat of the municipal administration is Ceres .
The municipality replaced the following municipalities from September 22, 2000: Municipality of Ceres, Matroosberg Transitional Representative Council, Municipality of Prince Alfred's Hamlet, Tulbagh Municipality, Witzenberg Transitional Representative Council and the Municipality of Wolseley.
The municipality is named after the Witzenberg Mountains, which separate the Tulbagh and Ceres valleys. Simon van der Stel , Governor of the Cape Colony , named the mountains after his Dutch friend and Mayor of Amsterdam Nicolaas Witsen .
Cities and towns
population
In 2011 the community had 115,946 inhabitants. Of these, 65.9% were colored , 25.3% black and 7.7% white.
73.8% Afrikaans, 16.2% IsiXhosa , 4.4% Sesotho and 1.9% English were spoken.
Web links
- The community site (English)
- Portrait at localgovernment.co.za (English)
- SA-Explorer: Map of Witzenberg
Individual evidence
- ^ Municipal boundaries South Africa
- ↑ Former municipal boundaries ( memento of the original dated August 9, 2007 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.
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities
- ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=witzenberg-municipality
