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Matzikama Local Municipality

local municipality in the Western Cape, South Africa
AdministrativeArea local_municipality_of_south_africa Q767965

Facts

10 properties

Identity

Instance of
local municipality of South Africa
Inception
December 5, 2000[7]

Location

Country
South Africa[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -31.250°, 18.500°, 🗺️ -31.256°, 18.499°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
West Coast District Municipality[1]
Shares border with
Kamiesberg Local Municipality, Hantam Local Municipality, Cederberg Local Municipality[4][5][6]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+275[10]
Population
+67147, +71045[8][9]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 67,147 · 71,045 GeoNames 46,362 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +2
Capital
Vredendal[3]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Matzikama en Matzikama Local Municipality fr municipalité locale de Matzikama it Municipalità locale di Matzikama zh 馬特齊卡馬地方自治市
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Freebase ID
/m/058knt
GeoNames ID
8347436
OpenStreetMap relation ID
79629
South African municipality code
WC011
Topic's main category
Category:Matzikama Local Municipality
Who's on First ID
1125271167
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Africa/Johannesburg 2026-09-26 A/ADM3 · ZA GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Bronze
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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 12
Vanrhynsdorp, Vredendal, Klawer, Bitterfontein, Doringbaai, Lutzville, Strandfontein, Ebenhaeser +4 more
Shares border with 3
Cederberg Local Municipality, Hantam Local Municipality, Kamiesberg Local Municipality
← Shares border with 3
Cederberg Local Municipality, Hantam Local Municipality, Kamiesberg Local Municipality
Capital 1
Vredendal
Country 1
South Africa
Instance of 1
local municipality of South Africa
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
West Coast District Municipality
Located in this place 1
volkstaat
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
← Capital of 1
Vredendal
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
West Coast District Municipality
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . South African National Census of 2011. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Provincial profile: Western Cape [Community Survey 2016]. wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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    Instance of → local municipality of South Africa
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