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	West Coast District Municipality; Western Cape, South Africa
Municipal code	DC1
Area	31101 km²
Seat	Moorreesburg
Neighbours	Namakwa (north, east), Cape Winelands (southeast), Cape Town (south)
Mayor	Marthinus Boois (ID)
Population	267 590
- Density	8.6039 inhabitants/km²
Households	77 667
- Density	2.4973 habitations/km²
Racial makeup	72.5% Coloured, 17.5% White, 10% Black
Languages	89.14% Afrikaans, 7.40% Xhosa, 2.33% English
Website	http://www.westcoastdm.co.za/

The West Coast District Municipality is a district municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Its municipality code is DC1.

[edit] Geography

[edit] Adjacent municipalities

Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape (north/northeast)
Cape Winelands District Municipality (southeast)
City of Cape Town (south)
Atlantic Ocean (west)

[edit] Local municipalities

Subdivisions of the West Coast District Municipality

The West Coast DM contains the following local municipalities:

Matzikama Local Municipality (WC011)
Cederberg Local Municipality (WC012)
Bergrivier Local Municipality (WC013)
Saldanha Bay Local Municipality (WC014)
Swartland Local Municipality (WC015)
A District Management Area (population 4,258 as of 2001), which has no local municipality (WCDMA01)

[edit] Demographics

The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Language	Population	%
Afrikaans	251 982	89.14%
Xhosa	20 920	7.40%
English	6 599	2.33%
Sotho	1 598	0.57%
Tswana	630	0.22%
Other	326	0.12%
Zulu	232	0.08%
Northern Sotho	107	0.04%
Tsonga	105	0.04%
Swati	63	0.02%
Ndebele	55	0.02%
Venda	50	0.02%

[edit] Gender

Gender	Population	%
Female	141 790	50.16%
Male	140 877	49.84%

[edit] Ethnic group

Ethnic group	Population	%
Coloured	204 726	72.43%
White	49 383	17.47%
Black African	27 777	9.83%
Indian/Asian	781	0.28%

[edit] Age

Age	Population	%
0 - 4	26 727	9.46%
5 - 9	27 371	9.68%
10 - 14	27 003	9.55%
15 - 19	25 862	9.15%
20 - 24	23 045	8.15%
25 - 29	25 839	9.14%
30 - 34	25 541	9.04%
35 - 39	23 254	8.23%
40 - 44	19 437	6.88%
45 - 49	15 073	5.33%
50 - 54	11 841	4.19%
55 - 59	9 257	3.27%
60 - 64	7 615	2.69%
65 - 69	5 901	2.09%
70 - 74	3 965	1.40%
75 - 79	2 534	0.90%
80 - 84	1 479	0.52%
85 - 89	627	0.22%
90 - 94	217	0.08%
95 - 99	61	0.02%
100 plus	18	0.01%

[edit] Politics

[edit] Election results

Election results for West Coast in the South African general election, 2004.

Population 18 and over: 185 662 [65.68% of total population]
Total votes: 93 425 [33.05% of total population]
Voting % estimate: 50.32% votes as a % of population 18 and over

Party	Votes	%
African National Congress	43 001	46.03%
Democratic Alliance	29 094	31.14%
New National Party	7 729	8.27%
Independent Democrats	6 240	6.68%
African Christian Democratic Party	2 399	2.57%
Freedom Front Plus	1 799	1.93%
United Democratic Movement	1 169	1.25%
NLP	505	0.54%
Pan African Congress	251	0.27%
NA	203	0.22%
Inkhata Freedom Party	187	0.20%
United Christian Democratic Party	173	0.19%
CDP	113	0.12%
EMSA	101	0.11%
PJC	99	0.11%
Azanian People's Organisation	99	0.11%
KISS	74	0.08%
TOP	73	0.08%
SOPA	54	0.06%
UF	33	0.04%
Minority Front	29	0.03%
Total	93 425	100.00%