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West Coast District Municipality

district municipality in the Western Cape, South Africa
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West Coast District Municipality

Summary

West Coast District Municipality is a district municipality[1]. It draws 68 Wikipedia views per month (district_municipality category, ranking #34 of 94).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Coast District Municipality is located in Western Cape[3].
  • West Coast District Municipality is in the country of South Africa[4].
  • West Coast District Municipality's head of government is recorded as Herbrecht Kitshoff[5].
  • West Coast District Municipality's instance of is recorded as district municipality[6].
  • West Coast District Municipality's capital is recorded as Moorreesburg[7].
  • West Coast District Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Namakwa District Municipality[8].
  • West Coast District Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Cape Winelands District Municipality[9].
  • West Coast District Municipality's shares border with is recorded as City of Cape Town[10].
  • West Coast District Municipality's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Matzikama Local Municipality[11].
  • West Coast District Municipality's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Cederberg Local Municipality[12].
  • West Coast District Municipality's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Bergrivier Local Municipality[13].
  • West Coast District Municipality's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Saldanha Bay Local Municipality[14].
  • West Coast District Municipality's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Swartland Local Municipality[15].
  • West Coast District Municipality's locator map image is recorded as Map of South Africa with West Coast highlighted (2011).svg[16].
  • West Coast District Municipality's Commons category is recorded as West Coast District Municipality[17].
  • West Coast District Municipality's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 79634[18].
  • +2000-12-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of West Coast District Municipality[19].
  • West Coast District Municipality's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -32.5, 'lon': 18.75}[20].
  • West Coast District Municipality's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05867z[21].
  • West Coast District Municipality's official website is recorded as http://westcoastdm.co.za[22].
  • West Coast District Municipality's official website is recorded as https://westcoastdm.co.za[23].
  • West Coast District Municipality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:West Coast District Municipality[24].
  • West Coast District Municipality's South African municipality code is recorded as DC1[25].
  • West Coast District Municipality's page banner is recorded as WV banner West Coast Vredenburg.jpg[26].
  • West Coast District Municipality's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Africa/South_Africa/Western_Cape/West_Coast/[27].

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Geography

West Coast District Municipality is in the country of South Africa[4]. It is located in Western Cape[3].

Physical Characteristics

West Coast District Municipality's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+259'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+391766'}[29] and {'amount': '+436403'}[30].

Designation and Status

West Coast District Municipality's instance of is recorded as district municipality[6].

History and Context

+2000-12-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of West Coast District Municipality[19].

Why It Matters

West Coast District Municipality draws 68 Wikipedia views per month (district_municipality category, ranking #34 of 94).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . South African National Census of 2011. wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . Provincial profile: Western Cape [Community Survey 2016]. wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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