Bitou Local Municipality
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Bitou Municipality (Afrikaans: Bitou Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Bitou), formerly known as Plettenberg Bay Municipality, is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is WC047.
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Coordinates: 33°55′S 23°25′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
District | Garden Route |
Seat | Plettenberg Bay |
Wards | 7 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Dave Swart (DA) |
Area | |
• Total | 992 km2 (383 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 49,162 |
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 45.2% |
• Coloured | 31.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.5% |
• White | 16.9% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 43.4% |
• Xhosa | 38.0% |
• English | 13.3% |
• Other | 5.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | WC047 |
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