Stellenbosch Local Municipality
Local municipality in Western Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stellenbosch Municipality (Afrikaans: Stellenbosch Munisipaliteit, Xhosa: uMasipala wase Stellenbosch) is the local municipality that governs the towns of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Pniel, and the surrounding rural areas, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It covers an area of 831 square kilometres (321 sq mi),[3] and as of 2011[update] had a population of 155,733 people in 43,420 households.[2] It falls within the Cape Winelands District Municipality.
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Stellenbosch | |
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Coordinates: 33°55′S 19°55′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Cape Winelands |
Seat | Stellenbosch |
Wards | 22 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Gesie van Deventer (DA) |
• Deputy Mayor | Jeremy Fasser (DA) |
• Speaker | Quintin Smit (DA) |
Area | |
• Total | 831 km2 (321 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 155,733 |
• Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• African | 28.1% |
• Coloured | 52.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 18.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 67.7% |
• Xhosa | 20.8% |
• English | 7.2% |
• Sotho | 1.2% |
• Other | 3.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | WC024 |
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