The Central Karoo District Municipality () is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC5.
Geography The Central Karoo District Municipality is divided into three local municipalities, which are described in the following table. Name Seat Population(2011) Area(km2) Density(inhabitants/km2) Laingsburg Laingsburg 8,289 8,784 0.94 Prince Albert Prince Albert 13,136 8,153 1.61 Beaufort West Beaufort West 49,586 21,917 2.26 Total 71,011 38,854 1.83
Adjacent municipalities Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape (northeast) Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape (east) Garden Route District Municipality (south) Cape Winelands District Municipality (southwest) Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape (northwest)
Demographics The following statistics are from the 2011 Census.Census 2011 statistical tables accessible through Stats SA SuperWEB . Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total.
First language Language Population % Afrikaans 60,074 87.2% Xhosa 5,346 7.8% English 1,789 2.6% Tswana 399 0.6% Sotho 322 0.5% Zulu 182 0.3% Sign language 179 0.3% Ndebele 117 0.2% Northern Sotho 93 0.1% Venda 60 0.1% Swazi 29 0.0% Tsonga 18 0.0% Other 301 0.4% Total 68,909 Not applicable 2,101
Race Race Population % Coloured 54,076 76.2% Black African 9,045 12.7% White 7,197 10.1% Indian or Asian 300 0.4% Other 394 0.6% Total 71,011Gender Gender Population % Female 36,244 51.0% Male 34,767 49.0% Total 71,011
Age Age group Population % 0–4 7,679 10.8% 5–9 7,030 9.9% 10–14 6,976 9.8% 15–19 6,159 8.7% 20–24 5,672 8.0% 25–29 5,343 7.5% 30–34 4,740 6.7% 35–39 4,773 6.7% 40–44 4,786 6.7% 45–49 4,279 6.0% 50–54 3,811 5.4% 55–59 3,047 4.3% 60–64 2,344 3.3% 65–69 1,636 2.3% 70–74 1,243 1.8% 75–79 751 1.1% 80–84 405 0.6% 85+ 203 0.3% Total 71,011
Politics
The council of the Central Karoo District Municipality consists of thirteen councillors. Six councillors are directly elected by party-list proportional representation, and seven are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: five by Beaufort West and one each by Laingsburg and Prince Albert.
there are six councillors from the Democratic Alliance (DA), four from the African National Congress (ANC), two from the Karoo Gemeenskap Party (KGP) and one from the Karoo Democratic Force (KDF). The DA, KGP and KDF are in a coalition which governs the council. The following table shows the detailed composition of the council.
Party DirectlyelectedAppointed by local councils Total Laingsburg Prince Albert Beaufort West 3 1 2 6 2 2 4 1 1 2 0 1 1
The following table shows the results of the election of the six directly elected councillors. Party Votes Vote % Seats 11,037 45.4% 3 9,811 40.4% 2 1,807 7.4% 1 1,001 4.1% 0 288 1.2% 0 208 0.9% 0 134 0.6% 0 Total 24,286 6 Valid votes 24,286 98.6% Spoilt votes 346 1.4% Total votes cast 24,632 Registered voters 37,907 Turnout percentage 65.0%
References
External links
Western Cape Government site Tourism site