The West Coast District Municipality is a district municipality

District municipality (South Africa)

In South Africa, a district municipality or Category C municipality is a municipality which executes some of the functions of local government for a district. The district municipality will in turn comprise several local municipalities, with which it shares the functions of local government...

 located 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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. Its municipality code is DC1. Moorreesburg

Moorreesburg

Moorreesburg 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...

 is the seat of the district. As of 2007 it had a total population of 286,751.

Adjacent municipalities

• Namakwa District Municipality
  Namakwa District Municipality
  Namakwa is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Namakwa is Springbok and the region is also known as Little Namaqualand. The majority of its 108 118 people speak Afrikaans...
  
  , Northern Cape
  Northern Cape
  The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of an international park shared with Botswana...
  
   (north and northeast)
• Cape Winelands District Municipality
  Cape Winelands District Municipality
  The 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...
  
   (southeast)
• City of Cape Town
  City of Cape Town
  The 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)
• 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...
  
  (west)

Local municipalities

The West Coast DM contains the following local municipalities

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...

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Name	Code	Population (2007)	Area (km2)	Density (inhabitants/km2)
Matzikama Local Municipality Matzikama Local Municipality Matzikama 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 46,362 . Its municipality code is WC011.-Government:...	WC011	46,362	5,549	8.4
Cederberg Local Municipality Cederberg Local Municipality Cederberg 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 31,942. Its municipality code is WC012.-Government:...	WC012	31,942	7,338	4.4
Bergrivier Local Municipality Bergrivier Local Municipality Bergrivier 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...	WC013	44,741	4,407	10.2
Saldanha Bay Local Municipality Saldanha Bay Local Municipality Saldanha 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...	WC014	78,982	1,766	44.7
Swartland Local Municipality Swartland Local Municipality 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...	WC015	77,524	3,692	21.0
West Coast District Management Area	WCDMA01	7,200	8,349	0.9
Total		286,571	31,101	9.2

Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

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Language	Population	%
Afrikaans Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...	251 982	89.14%
Xhosa Xhosa language Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said...	20 920	7.40%
English South African English The term South African English is applied to the first-language dialects of English spoken by South Africans, with the L1 English variety spoken by Zimbabweans, Zambians and Namibians, being recognised as offshoots.There is some social and regional variation within South African English...	6 599	2.33%
Sotho	1 598	0.57%
Tswana Tswana language Tswana or Setswana is a language spoken in Southern Africa by about 4.5 million people. It is a Bantu language belonging to the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S , and is closely related to the Northern- and Southern Sotho languages, as well as the Kgalagadi...	630	0.22%
Other	326	0.12%
Zulu Zulu language Zulu is the language of the Zulu people with about 10 million speakers, the vast majority of whom live in South Africa. Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa as well as being understood by over 50% of the population...	232	0.08%
Northern Sotho Northern Sotho language Northern Sotho , also inaccurately known by the name of a major dialect, Pedi or sePedi, is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is spoken by 4,208,980 people — in the South African provinces of Gauteng,...	107	0.04%
Tsonga Tsonga language The Tsonga or Xitsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan.- Classification :Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger–Congo languages...	105	0.04%
Swati Swati language The Swazi or Swati language is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken in Swaziland and South Africa by the Swazi people. The number of speakers is estimated to be in the region of 3 million. The language is taught in Swaziland and some South African schools in Mpumalanga and KaNgwane areas...	63	0.02%
Ndebele Southern Ndebele language The Southern Ndebele language is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the amaNdebele . There are two dialects of Southern Ndebele in South Africa:* the Northern Transvaal Ndebele or Nrebele...	55	0.02%
Venda Venda language Venda, also known as or , is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa. The majority of Venda speakers live in the northern part of South Africa's Limpopo Province, but about 10% of speakers live in Zimbabwe. The Venda language is related to Kalanga which is spoken in Botswana...	50	0.02%

Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	141 790	50.16%
Male	140 877	49.84%

Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Coloured	204 726	72.43%
White	49 383	17.47%
Black African	27 777	9.83%
Indian/Asian	781	0.28%

Age

Age	Population	%
0 - 4	26 727	9.46%
5 - 9	27 371	9.68%
10 - 14	27 003	9.55%
15 - 19	25 862	9.15%
20 - 24	23 045	8.15%
25 - 29	25 839	9.14%
30 - 34	25 541	9.04%
35 - 39	23 254	8.23%
40 - 44	19 437	6.88%
45 - 49	15 073	5.33%
50 - 54	11 841	4.19%
55 - 59	9 257	3.27%
60 - 64	7 615	2.69%
65 - 69	5 901	2.09%
70 - 74	3 965	1.40%
75 - 79	2 534	0.90%
80 - 84	1 479	0.52%
85 - 89	627	0.22%
90 - 94	217	0.08%
95 - 99	61	0.02%
100 plus	18	0.01%

Election results

Election results for the West Coast District Municipality in the South African general election, 2009

South African general election, 2009

South Africa held national and provincial elections to elect a new National Assembly as well as the provincial legislature in each province on 22 April 2009....

. The district had 151,640 registered voters, and 110,427 votes were cast, giving a turnout of 72.82%.
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|50,311
|46.03
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|30,408
|27.82
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|13,020
|11.91
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|11,128
|10.18
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|1,594
|1.46
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|1,110
|1.02
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|617
|0.56
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|1,112
|1.02
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!109,300
!100.00
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Mayors

• Rene Kitshoff (2008–present)
• Jacob Botha (2005-2008)
• Hendrik Potgieter (-2005

External links

• Official website
• West Coast District Municipality at Cape Gateway