Cape Winelands District Municipality

Cape Winelands Kaapse Wynland Brede River District
District municipality
Seal
Location in South Africa
Local municipalities within the Cape Winelands
Coordinates: 33°20′S 19°40′E / 33.333°S 19.667°E / -33.333; 19.667
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Seat	Worcester
Local municipalities	List Witzenberg Drakenstein Stellenbosch Breede Valley Langeberg
Government
• Type	Municipal council
• Mayor	Helena von Schlicht (DA)
Area
• Total	21,473 km2 (8,291 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	787,490
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	23.7%
• Coloured	62.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	12.9%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	74.8%
• Xhosa	16.6%
• English	4.3%
• Sotho	1.9%
• Other	2.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal code	DC2

The Cape Winelands District Municipality (Afrikaans: Kaapse Wynland-distriksmunisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala weSithili sase Cape Winelands), formerly the Boland District Municipality, is a district municipality located in the Boland region of the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2011, it had a population of 787,490.^[1] The largest towns in the municipality are Paarl, Worcester, Stellenbosch and Wellington.