Camdeboo Local Municipality
Camdeboo Local Municipality was a local municipality in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.
Camdeboo | |
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Former local municipality | |
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Seal | |
Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Seat | Graaff-Reinet |
| Wards | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Hanna Makoba |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12,422 km2 (4,796 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 50,993 |
| • Density | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 24.8% |
| • Coloured | 64.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 9.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 78.7% |
| • Xhosa | 15.7% |
| • English | 3.8% |
| • Other | 1.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC101 |
The name Camdeboo (or Qamdobowa in Xhosa language) has evolved from a phonetically similar Khoi word meaning "green hollow".
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