# List of municipalities in the Western Cape

The Western Cape province of South Africa is divided, for local government purposes, into one metropolitan municipality (the City of Cape Town) and five district municipalities. The district municipalities are in turn divided into twenty-four local municipalities.
In the following interactive map, the district and metropolitan municipalities are labelled in capital letters and shaded in various different colours. Clicking on the district on the map loads the appropriate article:

## District and metropolitan municipalities

| Name | Code | Seat | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2016) | Pop. density (per km$^2$) |
| Cape Winelands District Municipality | DC2 | Worcester | 21,473 | 866,001 | 40.3 |
| Central Karoo District Municipality | DC5 | Beaufort West | 38,854 | 74,247 | 1.9 |
| City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality | CPT | Cape Town | 2,446 | 4,005,016 | 1,637.6 |
| Garden Route District Municipality | DC4 | George | 23,331 | 611,278 | 26.2 |
| Overberg District Municipality | DC3 | Bredasdorp | 12,239 | 286,786 | 23.4 |
| West Coast District Municipality | DC1 | Moorreesburg | 31,119 | 436,403 | 14.0 |

## Local and metropolitan municipalities

| Name | Code | District | Seat | Area (km$^2$) | Population (2016) | Pop. density (per km$^2$) |
| Beaufort West Local Municipality | WC053 | Central Karoo | Beaufort West | 21,917 | 51,080 | 2.3 |
| Bergrivier Local Municipality | WC013 | West Coast | Piketberg | 4,407 | 67,474 | 15.3 |
| Bitou Local Municipality | WC047 | Garden Route | Plettenberg Bay | 992 | 59,157 | 59.6 |
| Breede Valley Local Municipality | WC025 | Cape Winelands | Worcester | 3,834 | 176,578 | 46.1 |
| Cape Agulhas Local Municipality | WC033 | Overberg | Bredasdorp | 3,471 | 36,000 | 10.4 |
| Cederberg Local Municipality | WC012 | West Coast | Clanwilliam | 8,007 | 52,949 | 6.6 |
| City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality | CPT | | Cape Town | 2,446 | 4,005,016 | 1,637.6 |
| Drakenstein Local Municipality | WC023 | Cape Winelands | Paarl | 1,538 | 280,195 | 182.2 |
| George Local Municipality | WC044 | Garden Route | George | 5,191 | 208,237 | 40.1 |
| Hessequa Local Municipality | WC042 | Garden Route | Riversdale | 5,733 | 54,237 | 9.5 |
| Kannaland Local Municipality | WC041 | Garden Route | Ladismith | 4,765 | 24,168 | 5.1 |
| Knysna Local Municipality | WC048 | Garden Route | Knysna | 1,109 | 73,835 | 66.6 |
| Laingsburg Local Municipality | WC051 | Central Karoo | Laingsburg | 8,784 | 8,895 | 1.0 |
| Langeberg Local Municipality | WC026 | Cape Winelands | Ashton | 4,518 | 105,483 | 23.3 |
| Matzikama Local Municipality | WC011 | West Coast | Vredendal | 12,981 | 71,045 | 5.5 |
| Mossel Bay Local Municipality | WC043 | Garden Route | Mossel Bay | 2,001 | 94,135 | 47.0 |
| Oudtshoorn Local Municipality | WC045 | Garden Route | Oudtshoorn | 3,540 | 97,509 | 27.5 |
| Overstrand Local Municipality | WC032 | Overberg | Hermanus | 1,675 | 93,407 | 55.8 |
| Prince Albert Local Municipality | WC052 | Central Karoo | Prince Albert | 8,153 | 14,272 | 1.8 |
| Saldanha Bay Local Municipality | WC014 | West Coast | Vredenburg | 2,015 | 111,173 | 55.2 |
| Stellenbosch Local Municipality | WC024 | Cape Winelands | Stellenbosch | 831 | 173,197 | 208.4 |
| Swartland Local Municipality | WC015 | West Coast | Malmesbury | 3,707 | 133,762 | 36.1 |
| Swellendam Local Municipality | WC034 | Overberg | Swellendam | 3,835 | 40,211 | 10.5 |
| Theewaterskloof Local Municipality | WC031 | Overberg | Caledon | 3,259 | 117,167 | 36.0 |
| Witzenberg Local Municipality | WC022 | Cape Winelands | Ceres | 10,753 | 130,548 | 12.1 |