Swartland Local Municipality
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Swartland Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
. Malmesbury
is the seat of the municipality. As of 2007, it had a population of 77,524. Its municipality code is WC015.
The municipality also borders the Atlantic Ocean
on the west.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. Malmesbury
Malmesbury, Western Cape
Malmesbury is a town with 37,529 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa, about 65 km north of Cape Town.The town is the largest in the Swartland due to the dark "Renosterbos" , an indigenous plant that turns black in the warm, dry summers...
is the seat of the municipality. As of 2007, it had a population of 77,524. Its municipality code is WC015.
Adjacent municipalities
- Bergrivier Local MunicipalityBergrivier Local MunicipalityBergrivier Municipality is a local municipality located within the West Coast District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Piketberg is the seat of the municipality. As of 2007, it had a population of 44,741. Its municipality code is WC013.- Government :The mayor of the...
(northeast) - Drakenstein Local MunicipalityDrakenstein Local MunicipalityDrakenstein Municipality is a local municipality located within the Cape Winelands District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 217,089...
, Cape Winelands District MunicipalityCape Winelands District MunicipalityThe Cape Winelands District Municipality, formerly the Boland District Municipality, is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 712,413...
(east) - City of Cape TownCity of Cape TownThe City of Cape Town is the metropolitan municipality which governs the city of Cape Town, South Africa and its suburbs and exurbs. As of 2007, it had a population of 3,497,097....
(south) - Saldanha Bay Local MunicipalitySaldanha Bay Local MunicipalitySaldanha Bay Municipality is a local municipality located within the West Coast District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2007, it had a population of 78982...
(northwest)
The municipality also borders the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
on the west.
Towns
- AbbotsdaleAbbotsdaleAbbotsdale is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa....
- ChatsworthChatsworth, Western CapeChatsworth is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa....
- DarlingDarling, Western CapeDarling is a small town in a farming area on the west coast region of the Western Cape, about 75 km from Cape Town.By the beginning of the 18th century about 29 farmers lived in an area called Groenkloof and on one of these farms, Langfontein, Darling was founded in 1853...
- Grotto Bay
- Ilinge Lethu
- Kalbaskraal
- Koringberg
- MalmesburyMalmesbury, Western CapeMalmesbury is a town with 37,529 inhabitants in the Western Cape province of South Africa, about 65 km north of Cape Town.The town is the largest in the Swartland due to the dark "Renosterbos" , an indigenous plant that turns black in the warm, dry summers...
- MoorreesburgMoorreesburgMoorreesburg is a rural town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It falls within the Swartland Local Municipality, which is part of the West Coast District Municipality. It lies just off the N7 national road, about 90 kilometres north of Cape Town. The town was established in...
- Riebeek-Kasteel
- Riebeek WestRiebeek WestRiebeek West is a small town situated 5 km from Riebeek Kasteel and about 75 km north-east of Cape Town in the Swartland area of the Western Cape, South Africa. The Riebeek Valley is known for its wheat, wines and more recently olives.The area of Riebeek West was first seen by Cape...
- YzerfonteinYzerfonteinYzerfontein is a small harbour town with about 1200 inhabitants on the west coast of South Africa about 90 km north of Cape Town. The main sources of income are tourism , and fishing....