Blue Crane Route Local Municipality
Blue Crane Route Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Blue Crane Route; Afrikaans: Bloukraanroete Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The municipality is named after the South African national bird, the blue crane.
Blue Crane Route
Bloukraanroete | |
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Local municipality | |
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Seal | |
Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 32°43′S 25°35′E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Seat | Somerset East |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) |
| • Speaker | Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) |
| • Chief Whip | Neliswa Nkonyeni (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,068 km2 (4,273 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 36,002 |
| • Density | 3.3/km2 (8.4/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 59.0% |
| • Coloured | 33.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 6.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 51.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 43.2% |
| • English | 3.4% |
| • Other | 2.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC102 |
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