Theewaterskloof Municipality is a local municipality

Local municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a local municipality or Category B municipality is a type of municipality that serves as the third, and most local, tier of local government...

 located within the Overberg District Municipality

Overberg District Municipality

The Overberg District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC3.- Adjacent municipalities :*Cape Winelands District Municipality *Eden District Municipality...

, in the Western Cape

Western Cape

The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...

 province of South Africa

South Africa

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. As of 2007, the population was 86,719. Its municipality code is WC031. The enormous Theewaterskloof Dam, which provides water for Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

 and the surrounding areas, is located in this municipality.

Government

Theewaterskloof LM is governed by a 23-member council, and is divided into 12 electoral wards.

Towns and villages

• Botrivier
• Caledon
  Caledon, Western Cape
  Caledon is a town in the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located about east of Cape Town. it had a population of 10,650. It is located in, and the seat of, the Theewaterskloof Local Municipality....
  
  
• Dennehof
  Dennehof, Western Cape
  Dennehof is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa....
  
  
• Elgin
  Elgin, Western Cape
  Elgin, situated in the Overberg region of South Africa, is an apple-growing area near Grabouw and is about 70 km southeast of Cape Town. A group of apple farms called Glen Elgin - owned by the Molteno family - gave the place its name...
  
  
• Genadendal
  Genadendal
  Genadendal is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, built on the site of the oldest mission station in the country.-Location:Genadendal is approximately 90 minutes drive east of Cape Town in the Riviersonderend Mountains....
  
  
• Grabouw
  Grabouw
  Grabouw is a mid-sized town located in the Western Cape province of South Africa some 65 km south-east of Cape Town along the N2 highway. It is located over Sir Lowry's Pass from Somerset West in the Elgin Valley, which is sandwiched between the Hottentots-Holland, Kogelberg and Groenland...
  
  
• Greyton
  Greyton
  Greyton is a small town in the Overberg area in the Western Cape, South Africa.Greyton was established in 1854 by Herbert Vigne and takes its name from the Governor of the Cape at the time, Sir George Grey. The village was designed by surveyor J. G...
  
  
• Houwhoek
• Riviersonderend
  Riviersonderend
  Riviersonderend is a small town in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, South Africa, about east of Cape Town. It is located on a loop of the Sonderend River, from which it takes its name...
  
  
• Villiersdorp
  Villiersdorp
  Villiersdorp is a small town located in the Western Cape province of South Africa in the Overberg region; population 15,678.Unlike most of the geographical region which specialises in wheat and canola farming, the Villiersdorp Valley is now agriculturally and micro-climatatically more similar to...
  
  

External links

• Theewaterskloof Local Municipality at Cape Gateway