Central Karoo
Sentraal Karoo | |
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![]() Location in South Africa | |
![]() Local municipalities within the Central Karoo | |
Coordinates: 32°40′S 22°15′E / 32.667°S 22.250°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Western Cape |
Seat | Beaufort West |
Local municipalities | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Gayton Mckenzie |
Area | |
• Total | 38,854 km2 (15,002 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 71,011 |
• Density | 1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 12.7% |
• Coloured | 76.2% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
• White | 10.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Afrikaans | 87.2% |
• Xhosa | 7.8% |
• English | 2.6% |
• Other | 2.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Municipal code | DC5 |
The Central Karoo District Municipality (Afrikaans: Sentraal Karoo-distriksmunisipaliteit) is a district municipality located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC5.