Editing Bitou Local Municipality (section)

{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Bitou
| official_name      = 
| other_name         = 
| native_name        = Plett
| settlement_type    = [[Local municipality (South Africa)|Local municipality]]
<!-- images, nickname --->| image_seal         = Bitou_CoA.png
| seal_size          = 150x100px
<!-- maps and coordinates ------>| image_map          = Map of the Western Cape with Bitou highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 
| map_alt            = 
| map_caption        = Location of Bitou Local Municipality within the Western Cape
| coordinates        = {{coord|33|55|S|23|25|E|region:ZA_type:adm3rd_dim:40km|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags -->
<!-- location ------------------>| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[South Africa]]
| subdivision_type1  = Province
| subdivision_name1  = [[Western Cape]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Districts of South Africa|District]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Garden Route District Municipality|Garden Route]]
<!-- seat, smaller parts ------->| seat               = [[Plettenberg Bay]]
| parts_type         = [[Ward (South Africa)|Wards]]
| parts              = 7
<!-- government leaders -->| government_footnotes = <ref name="muni_mayor">{{cite web |url=http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |title=Contact list: Executive Mayors |publisher=Government Communication & Information System |access-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714013749/http://www.gcis.gov.za/gcis/gcis_list.jsp?id=14&heading=Executive%20Mayors |archive-date=14 July 2010 }} </ref>
| government_type    = [[Municipal council]]
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = 
| leader_title1      = Deputy Mayor
| leader_name1       = 
| leader_title2      = Speaker
| leader_name2       = <!-- area ---------------------->
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 992
<!-- population ---------------->| population_footnotes = <ref name="j777">{{cite web | title=Bitou (Local Municipality, South Africa) | website=Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location | date=2022-02-02 | url=https://citypopulation.de/en/southafrica/admin/western_cape/WC047__bitou/ | access-date=2024-08-09}}</ref>
| population_total   = 65,240
| population_as_of   = 2022
| population_rank    = 
| population_density_km2 = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2022)}}
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="j777">{{cite web | title=Bitou (Local Municipality, South Africa) | website=Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location | date=2022-02-02 | url=https://citypopulation.de/en/southafrica/admin/western_cape/WC047__bitou/ | access-date=2024-08-09}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = {{nobold|[[Bantu-speaking peoples of South Africa|Black African]]}}
| demographics1_info1 = 52.6%
| demographics1_title2 = {{nobold|[[Coloureds|Coloured]]}}
| demographics1_info2 = 28.8%
| demographics1_title3 = {{nobold|[[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]}}
| demographics1_info3 = 0.3%
| demographics1_title4 = {{nobold|[[White South African|White]]}}
| demographics1_info4 = 16.5%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->| demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s {{nobold|(2011)}}
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="muni_langs">{{cite web |url=http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=964 |title=Statistics by place  |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=27 September 2015}} </ref>
| demographics2_title1 = {{nobold|[[Afrikaans]]}}
| demographics2_info1 = 43.4%
| demographics2_title2 = {{nobold|[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]}}
| demographics2_info2 = 38.0%
| demographics2_title3 = {{nobold|[[English language|English]]}}
| demographics2_info3 = 13.3%
| demographics2_title4 = 
| demographics2_info4 = %
| demographics2_title5 = {{nobold|Other}}
| demographics2_info5 = 5.3%
<!-- time zone(s) -------------->| timezone1          = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1        = +2
<!-- Municipal code -->| blank_name_sec1    = Municipal&nbsp;code
| blank_info_sec1    = WC047

<!-- website, footnotes -->| website            = {{URL|https://www.bitou.gov.za/}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
'''Bitou Municipality''' ({{langx|af|Bitou Munisipaliteit}}; {{langx|xh|uMasipala wase Bitou}}), formerly known as '''Plettenberg Bay Municipality''', is a [[Local municipality (South Africa)|local municipality]] within the [[Garden Route District Municipality]], in the [[Western Cape]] province of [[South Africa]]. Its municipality code is WC047.