Baviaans Local Municipality
Baviaans | |
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Seal | |
Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 33°18′S 23°29′E / 33.300°S 23.483°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Seat | Willowmore |
| Wards | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Ewald Lock (DA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,668 km2 (4,505 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 17,761 |
| • Density | 1.5222/km2 (3.9425/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 12.0% |
| • Coloured | 80.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 7.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 91.2% |
| • Xhosa | 5.8% |
| • English | 1.7% |
| • Other | 1.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC107 |
Baviaans Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Sarah Baartman District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality.
The municipality was named after the Baviaanskloof. The name is of Dutch origin and means "baboons ravine".