Camdeboo Municipality
| Former Camdeboo | ||
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| Local municipality | ||
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.svg) Location in the Eastern Cape |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| Province | Eastern Cape | |
| District | Sarah Baartman | |
| Seat | Graaff-Reinet | |
| Wards | 7 | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Municipal council | |
| • Mayor | Hanna Makoba | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 12,422 km2 (4,796 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 50,993 | |
| • Density | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) | |
| Racial makeup (2011) | ||
| • Black African | 24.8% | |
| • Coloured | 64.8% | |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% | |
| • White | 9.6% | |
| First languages (2011) | ||
| • Afrikaans | 78.7% | |
| • Xhosa | 15.7% | |
| • English | 3.8% | |
| • Other | 1.8% | |
| Time zone | SAST (UTC+2) | |
| Municipal code | EC101 | |
Camdeboo Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. After municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.
The name Camdeboo (or Qamdobowa in Xhosa language) has evolved from a phonetically similar Khoi word meaning "green hollow".
The 2001 census divided the municipality into the following main places:
The municipal council consists of fourteen members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Seven councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in seven wards, while the remaining seven 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 18 May 2011 the African National Congress (ANC) won a majority of eight seats on the council. The following table shows the results of the election.
Coordinates: 32°15′20″S 24°32′26″E / 32.25556°S 24.54056°E
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