Garden Route District Municipality

Garden Route

Eden
Garden Route Eden
District municipality
	Seal
	Location in South Africa
	Local municipalities within the Garden Route District
	Coordinates: 33°45′S 22°00′E / 33.750°S 22.000°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Seat	George
Local municipalities	List Kannaland; Hessequa; Mossel Bay; George; Oudtshoorn; Bitou; Knysna;
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Memory Booysen (DA) (2016-)
Area
• Total	23,331 km2 (9,008 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	574,265
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	24.7%
• Coloured	54.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	19.2%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	70.8%
• Xhosa	18.3%
• English	7.5%
• Other	3.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC4

The Garden Route District Municipality (Afrikaans: Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Garden Route), formerly known as the Eden District Municipality,^[3] is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC4.

^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
^ "Eden District Municipality name to change to Garden Route District Municipality" (Press release). George: Garden Route District Municipality. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-02-15.

[muni_mayor-1] "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.

[muni_population-2] "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[3] "Eden District Municipality name to change to Garden Route District Municipality" (Press release). George: Garden Route District Municipality. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-02-15.

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