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Swartland Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Malmesbury is the seat of the municipality. As of 2011, it had a population of 113,762. Its municipality code is WC015. ==Geography== The municipality covers an area of , stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Berg River in the east. To the south it abuts on the City of Cape Town, to the east the Drakenstein Municipality, and to the north the Bergrivier Municipality and Saldanha Bay Municipality. According to the 2011 census the municipality has a population of 113,762 people in 29,324 households. Of this population, 64.8% describe themselves as "Coloured", 18.3% as "Black African", and 15.6% as "White". The first language of 82.8% of the population is Afrikaans, while 8.9% speak Xhosa, 4.7% speak English and 1.5% speak Sotho. The principal town and seat of the council is Malmesbury, which is situated in the south-east of the municipality and has a population (according to the 2011 census) of 25,176.〔Sum of the Main Places (Mount Royal Golf & Country Estate ), (Wesbank ), (Malmesbury ) and (Ilinge Lethu ) from Census 2011.〕 Other large towns are Moorreesburg (pop. 12,877)〔Sum of the Main Places (Moorreesburg ) and (Rosenhof ) from Census 2011.〕 to the north, and Darling (pop. 10,420) to the west.〔Sum of the Main Places (Nuwedorp ) and (Darling ) from Census 2011.〕 In the Riebeek Valley north-east of Malmesbury are the sister towns of Riebeek-Kasteel (pop. 4,761)〔Sum of the Main Places (Riebeek-Kasteel ) and (Esterhof ) from Census 2011.〕 and Riebeek West (pop. 4,350).〔Main Place (Riebeek West ) from Census 2011.〕 In the vicinity of Malmesbury there are the smaller agricultural villages of Abbotsdale, Chatsworth, Kalbaskraal and Riverlands, while in the vicinity of Moorreesburg are found the villages of Klipfontyn and Koringberg. Yzerfontein on the Atlantic coast is a fishing village and holiday town. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swartland Local Municipality」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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