Central Karoo
Sentraal Karoo | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
.svg) Location in South Africa | |
.svg) Local municipalities within the Central Karoo | |
| Coordinates: 32°40′S 22°15′E / 32.667°S 22.250°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| Seat | Beaufort West |
| Local municipalities | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | J. Botha[1] (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 38,854 km2 (15,002 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
• Total | 71,011 |
| • Density | 1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 12.7% |
| • Coloured | 76.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 10.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 87.2% |
| • Xhosa | 7.8% |
| • English | 2.6% |
| • Other | 2.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | DC5 |
The Central Karoo District Municipality (Afrikaans: Sentraal Karoo-distriksmunisipaliteit) is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC5.
- ^ "Executive Mayor". Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.