Blue Crane Route
Bloukraanroete | |
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Coordinates: 32°43′S 25°35′E / 32.717°S 25.583°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Sarah Baartman |
Seat | Somerset East |
Wards | 6 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) |
• Speaker | Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) [n 1] |
• Chief Whip | Neliswa Nkonyeni (ANC) |
Area | |
• Total | 11,068 km2 (4,273 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 36,002 |
• Density | 3.3/km2 (8.4/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 46.0% |
• Coloured | 33.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 19.8% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 51.3% |
• Afrikaans | 43.2% |
• English | 3.4% |
• Other | 2.1% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | EC102 |
Blue Crane Route Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Blue Crane Route; Afrikaans: Bloukraanroete Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The municipality is named after the South African national bird, the blue crane.[4]
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