Blue Crane Route Local Municipality
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Blue Crane Route Bloukraanroete |
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.svg) Location in the Eastern Cape |
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| Coordinates: 32°43′S 25°35′E / 32.717°S 25.583°ECoordinates: 32°43′S 25°35′E / 32.717°S 25.583°E | ||
| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Eastern Cape | |
| District | Cacadu | |
| Seat | Somerset East | |
| Wards | 6 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Magery Scott | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 11,068 km2 (4,273 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 36,002 | |
| • Density | 3.3/km2 (8.4/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 59.0% | |
| • Coloured | 33.0% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% | |
| • White | 6.8% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Xhosa | 51.3% | |
| • Afrikaans | 43.2% | |
| • English | 3.4% | |
| • Other | 2.1% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | EC102 | |
Blue Crane Route Local Municipality (Afrikaans: Bloukraanroete Plaaslike Munisipaliteit) is an administrative area in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
The municipality is named after the South African national bird, the blue crane.
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in six wards, while the remaining five are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received. In the election of 3 August 2016 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of seven seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
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