Garden Route
Eden | |
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![]() 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 | |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Memory Booysen (DA) (2016-) |
Area | |
• Total | 23,331 km2 (9,008 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• 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.