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href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrito_Municipal_de_Eden" title="Distrito Municipal de Eden – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Distrito Municipal de Eden" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_municipal_de_la_route_des_jardins" title="District municipal de la route des jardins – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="District municipal de la route des jardins" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distrik_Garden_Route" title="Distrik Garden Route – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Distrik Garden Route" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" 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.ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Garden Route</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Eden</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/District_municipality_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="District municipality (South Africa)">District municipality</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eden_CoA.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Garden Route"><img alt="Official seal of Garden Route" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Eden_CoA.png/150px-Eden_CoA.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c5/Eden_CoA.png/225px-Eden_CoA.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c5/Eden_CoA.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="94" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_South_Africa_with_Garden_Route_highlighted_(2016).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in South Africa"><img alt="Location in South Africa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_of_South_Africa_with_Garden_Route_highlighted_%282016%29.svg/250px-Map_of_South_Africa_with_Garden_Route_highlighted_%282016%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_of_South_Africa_with_Garden_Route_highlighted_%282016%29.svg/375px-Map_of_South_Africa_with_Garden_Route_highlighted_%282016%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_of_South_Africa_with_Garden_Route_highlighted_%282016%29.svg/500px-Map_of_South_Africa_with_Garden_Route_highlighted_%282016%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="809" data-file-height="709" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Location in South Africa</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Eden_district_with_local_municipalities_labelled_(2011).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Local municipalities within the Garden Route District"><img alt="Local municipalities within the Garden Route District" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Map_of_the_Eden_district_with_local_municipalities_labelled_%282011%29.svg/250px-Map_of_the_Eden_district_with_local_municipalities_labelled_%282011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Map_of_the_Eden_district_with_local_municipalities_labelled_%282011%29.svg/375px-Map_of_the_Eden_district_with_local_municipalities_labelled_%282011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Map_of_the_Eden_district_with_local_municipalities_labelled_%282011%29.svg/500px-Map_of_the_Eden_district_with_local_municipalities_labelled_%282011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1133" data-file-height="512" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Local municipalities within the Garden Route District</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Garden_Route_District_Municipality&params=33_45_S_22_00_E_region:ZA_type:adm2nd_dim:275km"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°45′S</span> <span class="longitude">22°00′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.750°S 22.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-33.750; 22.000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Province</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Western_Cape" title="Western Cape">Western Cape</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George,_Western_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="George, Western Cape">George</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local_municipality_(South_Africa)" title="Local municipality (South Africa)">Local municipalities</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Kannaland_Local_Municipality" title="Kannaland Local Municipality">Kannaland</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Hessequa_Local_Municipality" title="Hessequa Local Municipality">Hessequa</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Mossel_Bay_Local_Municipality" title="Mossel Bay Local Municipality">Mossel Bay</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/George_Local_Municipality" title="George Local Municipality">George</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Oudtshoorn_Local_Municipality" title="Oudtshoorn Local Municipality">Oudtshoorn</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Bitou_Local_Municipality" title="Bitou Local Municipality">Bitou</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Knysna_Local_Municipality" title="Knysna Local Municipality">Knysna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-muni_mayor_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-muni_mayor-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_council" title="Municipal council">Municipal council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Andrew Stroebel (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)" title="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)">DA</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">23,331 km<sup>2</sup> (9,008 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-muni_population_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-muni_population-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">574,265</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">25/km<sup>2</sup> (64/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Racial makeup <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(2011)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-muni_population_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-muni_population-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Bantu-speaking_peoples_of_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Bantu-speaking peoples of South Africa">Black African</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">24.7%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Coloureds" title="Coloureds">Coloured</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">54.2%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Indian_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian South African">Indian</a>/<a href="/wiki/Asian_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian South African">Asian</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">0.4%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/White_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="White South African">White</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">19.2%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/First_language" title="First language">First languages</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(2011)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-muni_population_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-muni_population-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">70.8%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">18.3%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">7.5%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">Other</span></th><td class="infobox-data">3.4%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Standard Time">SAST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Municipal code</th><td class="infobox-data">DC4</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Garden Route District Municipality</b> (<a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaans language">Afrikaans</a>: <i lang="af">Tuinroete-distriksmunisipaliteit</i>; <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a>: <i lang="xh">uMasipala weSithili sase Garden Route</i>), formerly known as the <b>Eden District Municipality</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a district municipality located in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Cape" title="Western Cape">Western Cape</a> province of <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>. Its municipality code is DC4. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garden_Route_District_Municipality&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Garden Route District Municipality covers an area of 23,331 square kilometres (9,008 sq mi) in the southeastern part of the Western Cape, covering the regions known as the <a href="/wiki/Garden_Route" title="Garden Route">Garden Route</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Little_Karoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Karoo">Little Karoo</a>. It stretches to the <a href="/wiki/Breede_River" title="Breede River">Breede River</a> mouth and the <a href="/wiki/Langeberg" title="Langeberg">Langeberg</a> mountains on the west, where it abuts the <a href="/wiki/Overberg_District_Municipality" title="Overberg District Municipality">Overberg District Municipality</a> and (for a short distance) the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Winelands_District_Municipality" title="Cape Winelands District Municipality">Cape Winelands District Municipality</a>. To the north the boundary with the <a href="/wiki/Central_Karoo_District_Municipality" title="Central Karoo District Municipality">Central Karoo District Municipality</a> runs along the <a href="/wiki/Swartberg" title="Swartberg">Swartberg</a> mountains. In the east the municipality runs up to the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape">Eastern Cape</a> provincial boundary. </p><p>The district is divided into seven local municipalities, described in the following table. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Seat</th> <th>Population<br /><small>(2011)</small></th> <th>Area<br /><small>(km<sup>2</sup>)</small></th> <th>Density<br /><small>(inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>)</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kannaland_Local_Municipality" title="Kannaland Local Municipality">Kannaland</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ladismith" title="Ladismith">Ladismith</a></td> <td align="right">24,767</td> <td align="right">4,758</td> <td align="right">5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hessequa_Local_Municipality" title="Hessequa Local Municipality">Hessequa</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Riversdale,_Western_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Riversdale, Western Cape">Riversdale</a></td> <td align="right">52,642</td> <td align="right">5,733</td> <td align="right">9.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mossel_Bay_Local_Municipality" title="Mossel Bay Local Municipality">Mossel Bay</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mossel_Bay" title="Mossel Bay">Mossel Bay</a></td> <td align="right">89,430</td> <td align="right">2,011</td> <td align="right">44.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Local_Municipality" title="George Local Municipality">George</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George,_Western_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="George, Western Cape">George</a></td> <td align="right">193,672</td> <td align="right">5,191</td> <td align="right">37.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oudtshoorn_Local_Municipality" title="Oudtshoorn Local Municipality">Oudtshoorn</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oudtshoorn" title="Oudtshoorn">Oudtshoorn</a></td> <td align="right">95,933</td> <td align="right">3,537</td> <td align="right">27.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bitou_Local_Municipality" title="Bitou Local Municipality">Bitou</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Plettenberg_Bay" title="Plettenberg Bay">Plettenberg Bay</a></td> <td align="right">49,162</td> <td align="right">992</td> <td align="right">49.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Knysna_Local_Municipality" title="Knysna Local Municipality">Knysna</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knysna" title="Knysna">Knysna</a></td> <td align="right">68,659</td> <td align="right">1,109</td> <td align="right">61.9 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="2"><b>Total</b></td> <td align="right"><b>574,265</b></td> <td align="right"><b>23,331</b></td> <td align="right"><b>24.6</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garden_Route_District_Municipality&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following statistics are from the <a href="/wiki/South_African_National_Census_of_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="South African National Census of 2011">2011 Census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Note that due to fuzzing applied to statistics, columns may not sum to exactly the indicated total. </p> <table cellpadding="10"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_language">First language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garden_Route_District_Municipality&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th>Language</th> <th>Population</th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a></td> <td>397,462</td> <td>70.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a></td> <td>102,740</td> <td>18.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/South_African_English" title="South African English">English</a></td> <td>42,266</td> <td>7.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Sotho_language" title="Sotho language">Sotho</a></td> <td>3,412</td> <td>0.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Tswana_language" title="Tswana language">Tswana</a></td> <td>2,675</td> <td>0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a></td> <td>1,960</td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/South_African_Sign_Language" title="South African Sign Language">Sign language</a></td> <td>1,856</td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Ndebele_language" title="Southern Ndebele language">Ndebele</a></td> <td>1,014</td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Tsonga_language" title="Tsonga language">Tsonga</a></td> <td>739</td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Sotho_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Sotho language">Northern Sotho</a></td> <td>654</td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Venda_language" title="Venda language">Venda</a></td> <td>527</td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Swazi_language" title="Swazi language">Swazi</a></td> <td>296</td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Other_languages_of_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Other languages of South Africa">Other</a></td> <td>5,687</td> <td>1.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>561,288</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><i>Not applicable</i></td> <td><i>12,975</i></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race">Race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garden_Route_District_Municipality&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th>Race</th> <th>Population</th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Coloured" class="mw-redirect" title="Coloured">Coloured</a> </td> <td>311,178 </td> <td>54.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples_in_South_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Bantu peoples in South Africa">Black African</a> </td> <td>141,830 </td> <td>24.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/White_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="White South African">White</a> </td> <td>110,314 </td> <td>19.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Indian_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian South African">Indian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Asian_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian South African">Asian</a> </td> <td>2,526 </td> <td>0.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Other </td> <td>8,418 </td> <td>1.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>574,265</b> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gender">Gender</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garden_Route_District_Municipality&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gender"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th>Gender</th> <th>Population</th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Female </td> <td>293,346 </td> <td>51.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">Male </td> <td>280,919 </td> <td>48.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>574,265</b> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Age">Age</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garden_Route_District_Municipality&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Age"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th>Age group</th> <th>Population</th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">0–4</td> <td>53,344</td> <td>9.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">5–9</td> <td>47,897</td> <td>8.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">10–14</td> <td>47,222</td> <td>8.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">15–19</td> <td>47,552</td> <td>8.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">20–24</td> <td>48,218</td> <td>8.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">25–29</td> <td>50,138</td> <td>8.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">30–34</td> <td>42,028</td> <td>7.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">35–39</td> <td>41,617</td> <td>7.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">40–44</td> <td>40,188</td> <td>7.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">45–49</td> <td>35,231</td> <td>6.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">50–54</td> <td>29,921</td> <td>5.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">55–59</td> <td>24,726</td> <td>4.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">60–64</td> <td>21,322</td> <td>3.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">65–69</td> <td>16,455</td> <td>2.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left">70–74</td> 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Fourteen councillors are directly elected by <a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">party-list proportional representation</a>, and twenty-one are appointed by the councils of the local municipalities in the district: six by <a href="/wiki/George_Local_Municipality" title="George Local Municipality">George</a>, four by <a href="/wiki/Mossel_Bay_Local_Municipality" title="Mossel Bay Local Municipality">Mossel Bay</a>, three each by <a href="/wiki/Oudtshoorn_Local_Municipality" title="Oudtshoorn Local Municipality">Oudtshoorn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Knysna_Local_Municipality" title="Knysna Local Municipality">Knysna</a>, two each by <a href="/wiki/Hessequa_Local_Municipality" title="Hessequa Local Municipality">Hessequa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bitou_Local_Municipality" title="Bitou Local Municipality">Bitou</a>, and one by <a href="/wiki/Kannaland_Local_Municipality" title="Kannaland Local Municipality">Kannaland</a>. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/South_African_municipal_election,_2016" class="mw-redirect" title="South African municipal election, 2016">election of 3 August 2016</a> there are twenty-one councillors from the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)" title="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)">Democratic Alliance</a> (DA), twelve from the <a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">African National Congress</a> (ANC), and one each from the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Civic_Organisation_of_South_Africa" title="Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa">Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa</a> (ICOSA) and the <a href="/wiki/African_Independent_Congress" title="African Independent Congress">African Independent Congress</a> (AIC).<sup id="cite_ref-comp_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following table shows the detailed composition of the council.<sup id="cite_ref-comp_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-comp-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2">Party </th> <th rowspan="2">Directly<br />elected </th> <th colspan="7">Appointed by local councils </th> <th rowspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th>Kannaland</th> <th>Hessequa</th> <th>Mossel Bay</th> <th>George</th> <th>Oudtshoorn</th> <th>Bitou</th> <th>Knysna </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)" title="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)">DA</a> </td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>21</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">ANC</a> </td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #999999;" data-sort-value="Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Civic_Organisation_of_South_Africa" title="Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa">Independent Civic Organisation</a> </td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><b>1</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffb543;" data-sort-value="African Independent Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/African_Independent_Congress" title="African Independent Congress">AIC</a> </td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>1</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><b>1</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The following table shows the results of the election of the fourteen directly elected councillors.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>Votes</th> <th>Vote %</th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #005BA6;" data-sort-value="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)" title="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)">DA</a> </td> <td>106,242</td> <td>53.2%</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #006600;" data-sort-value="African National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">ANC</a> </td> <td>61,755</td> <td>30.9%</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #999999;" data-sort-value="Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Civic_Organisation_of_South_Africa" title="Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa">Independent Civic Organisation</a> </td> <td>10,791</td> <td>5.4%</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF6600;" data-sort-value="Freedom Front Plus"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Front_Plus" title="Freedom Front Plus">VF+</a> </td> <td>3,965</td> <td>2.0%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #852A2A;" data-sort-value="Economic Freedom Fighters"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Economic_Freedom_Fighters" title="Economic Freedom Fighters">EFF</a> </td> <td>3,604</td> <td>1.8%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ffb543;" data-sort-value="African Independent Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/African_Independent_Congress" title="African Independent Congress">AIC</a> </td> <td>3,380</td> <td>1.7%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E9F294;" data-sort-value="Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Plaaslike_Besorgde_Inwoners" title="Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners">Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners</a> </td> <td>2,592</td> <td>1.3%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #ba0c2f;" data-sort-value="African Christian Democratic Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/African_Christian_Democratic_Party" title="African Christian Democratic Party">ACDP</a> </td> <td>2,439</td> <td>1.2%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFCA08;" data-sort-value="Congress of the People (South African political party)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_People_(South_African_political_party)" title="Congress of the People (South African political party)">COPE</a> </td> <td>1,804</td> <td>0.9%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="South African Religious Civic Organisation"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;">South African Religious Civic Organisation </td> <td>1,018</td> <td>0.5%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="South Africa Civics"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;">South Africa Civics </td> <td>858</td> <td>0.4%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Knysna Unity Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Knysna Unity Congress </td> <td>525</td> <td>0.3%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Democratic New Civic Organisation"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Democratic New Civic Organisation </td> <td>378</td> <td>0.2%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Christian Democrats (South Africa)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Christian Democrats </td> <td>314</td> <td>0.2%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="George Independent Ratepayers Forum"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;">George Independent Ratepayers Forum </td> <td>163</td> <td>0.1%</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left"><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>199,828</b></td> <td></td> <td><b>14</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left">Valid votes</td> <td>199,828</td> <td>98.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Spoilt_vote" title="Spoilt vote">Spoilt votes</a></td> <td>3,819</td> <td>1.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left"><b>Total votes cast</b></td> <td><b>203,647</b></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left">Registered voters</td> <td>326,165 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left">Turnout percentage</td> <td>62.4% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Local+Government+Handbook&rft.atitle=Kannaland+Local+Municipality&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.localgovernment.co.za%2Fsouth-africa%2Flocal-municipality%2F218%2Fkannaland-local-municipality&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGarden+Route+District+Municipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/217/hessequa-local-municipality">"Hessequa Local Municipality"</a>. <i>The Local Government Handbook</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Local+Government+Handbook&rft.atitle=Hessequa+Local+Municipality&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.localgovernment.co.za%2Fsouth-africa%2Flocal-municipality%2F217%2Fhessequa-local-municipality&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGarden+Route+District+Municipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/220/mossel-bay-local-municipality">"Mossel Bay Local Municipality"</a>. <i>The Local Government Handbook</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Local+Government+Handbook&rft.atitle=Mossel+Bay+Local+Municipality&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.localgovernment.co.za%2Fsouth-africa%2Flocal-municipality%2F220%2Fmossel-bay-local-municipality&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGarden+Route+District+Municipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/216/george-local-municipality">"George Local Municipality"</a>. <i>The Local Government Handbook</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Local+Government+Handbook&rft.atitle=George+Local+Municipality&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.localgovernment.co.za%2Fsouth-africa%2Flocal-municipality%2F216%2Fgeorge-local-municipality&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGarden+Route+District+Municipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/221/oudtshoorn-local-municipality">"Oudtshoorn Local Municipality"</a>. <i>The Local Government Handbook</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Local+Government+Handbook&rft.atitle=Oudtshoorn+Local+Municipality&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.localgovernment.co.za%2Fsouth-africa%2Flocal-municipality%2F221%2Foudtshoorn-local-municipality&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGarden+Route+District+Municipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/215/bitou-local-municipality">"Bitou Local Municipality"</a>. <i>The Local Government Handbook</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Local+Government+Handbook&rft.atitle=Bitou+Local+Municipality&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.localgovernment.co.za%2Fsouth-africa%2Flocal-municipality%2F215%2Fbitou-local-municipality&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGarden+Route+District+Municipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.localgovernment.co.za/south-africa/local-municipality/219/knysna-local-municipality">"Knysna Local Municipality"</a>. <i>The Local Government Handbook</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Local+Government+Handbook&rft.atitle=Knysna+Local+Municipality&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.localgovernment.co.za%2Fsouth-africa%2Flocal-municipality%2F219%2Fknysna-local-municipality&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGarden+Route+District+Municipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Census 2011 statistical tables accessible through <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://interactive.statssa.gov.za/superweb/">Stats SA SuperWEB</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130930103145/http://interactive.statssa.gov.za/superweb/">Archived</a> September 30, 2013, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-comp-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-comp_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-comp_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.westerncape.gov.za/sites/www.westerncape.gov.za/files/political_composition_march_2017_0.pdf">"Political composition of councils February 2017"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Political+composition+of+councils+February+2017&rft.pub=Western+Cape+Department+of+Local+Government&rft.date=2017-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westerncape.gov.za%2Fsites%2Fwww.westerncape.gov.za%2Ffiles%2Fpolitical_composition_march_2017_0.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGarden+Route+District+Municipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.elections.org.za/content/LGEPublicReports/402/Detailed%20Results/WP/DC4.pdf">"Detailed DC 40% Ballot Results Report: DC4 - Eden"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Electoral Commission<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Electoral Commission<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Seat+Calculation+Detail%3A+DC4+-+Eden&rft.pub=Electoral+Commission&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elections.org.za%2Fcontent%2FLGEPublicReports%2F402%2FSeat%2520Calculation%2520Detail%2FWP%2FDC4.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGarden+Route+District+Municipality" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Garden_Route_District_Municipality&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.edendm.co.za/">Garden Route District Municipality official website</a></li></ul> <div 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