Blue Crane Route Local Municipality
Blue Crane Route
Bloukraanroete | |
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Seal | |
Location in the Eastern Cape | |
| Coordinates: 32°43′S 25°35′E / 32.717°S 25.583°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Seat | Somerset East |
| Wards | 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal council |
| • Mayor | Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) |
| • Speaker | Bonisile Manxoweni (ANC) |
| • Chief Whip | Neliswa Nkonyeni (ANC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 11,068 km2 (4,273 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 36,002 |
| • Density | 3.2528/km2 (8.4247/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 46.0% |
| • Coloured | 33.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 19.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 51.3% |
| • Afrikaans | 43.2% |
| • English | 3.4% |
| • Other | 2.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Municipal code | EC102 |
Blue Crane Route Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Blue Crane Route; Afrikaans: Bloukraanroete Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality within the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The municipality is named after the South African national bird, the blue crane.