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Camdeboo Local Municipality

Coordinates: 32°15′20″S 24°32′26″E / 32.25556°S 24.54056°E / -32.25556; 24.54056
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Camdeboo
Official seal of Camdeboo
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
SeatGraaff-Reinet
Wards7
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorHanna Makoba
Area
 • Total12,422 km2 (4,796 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total50,993
 • Density4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African24.8%
 • Coloured64.8%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White9.6%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans78.7%
 • Xhosa15.7%
 • English3.8%
 • Other1.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC101

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.

The name Camdeboo (or Qamdobowa in Xhosa language) has evolved from a phonetically similar Khoi word meaning "green hollow".[4]

Main places

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The 2011 census divided the municipality into the following main places:

Place Code Population Most spoken language
Aberdeen 261005 5,133 Afrikaans
Graaff-Reinet 261003 26,585 Afrikaans
Kendrew 261007 57 Afrikaans
Nieu-Bethesda 261001 1,540 Afrikaans
Thembalesizwe 261006 2,029 Xhosa
uMasizakhe 261004 9,087 Xhosa
Remainder of the municipality 261002 6,562 Afrikaans

Politics

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The municipal council consisted of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors were elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining seven were chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives was proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.[5][6]

PartyWardListTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
African National Congress7,38255.0947,49355.9148
Democratic Alliance5,58641.6935,63442.0436
Independent Ratepayers Association of SA1741.300890.6600
Freedom Front Plus1361.020950.7100
Pan Africanist Congress of Azania1210.900900.6700
Total13,399100.00713,401100.00714
Valid votes13,39998.8613,40198.94
Invalid/blank votes1551.141441.06
Total votes13,554100.0013,545100.00
Registered voters/turnout23,16458.5123,16458.47

References

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  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ^ South African Languages - Place names
  5. ^ "Results Summary – All Ballots: Camdeboo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Seat Calculation Detail: Camdeboo" (PDF). Independent Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
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