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Bitou
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.svg) Location of Bitou Local Municipality within the Western Cape | |
| Coordinates: 33°55′S 23°25′E / 33.917°S 23.417°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| District | Garden Route |
| Seat | Plettenberg Bay |
| Wards | 7 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Claude Terblanche (Plett Democratic Congress) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Nokuzola Kolwapi (Ikhwezi Political Movement) |
| • Speaker | Sandiso Gcabayi (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 992 km2 (383 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
| • Total | 65,240 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2022) | |
| • Black African | 52.6% |
| • Coloured | 28.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 16.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 43.4% |
| • Xhosa | 38.0% |
| • English | 13.3% |
| • Other | 5.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | WC047 |
Bitou Municipality (Afrikaans: Bitou Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Bitou), formerly known as Plettenberg Bay Municipality, is a local municipality within the Garden Route District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is WC047.
- ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Bitou (Local Municipality, South Africa)". Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location. 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.