Editing Matzikama Local Municipality (section)

{{use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{use South African English|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Matzikama
| official_name            = 
| other_name               = 
| native_name              = 
| settlement_type          = [[Local municipality (South Africa)|Local municipality]]
<!-- images, nickname --->| image_seal               = Matzikama_CoA.png
| seal_size                = 150x100px
<!-- maps and coordinates ------>| image_map                = Map of the Western Cape with Matzikama highlighted (2011).svg
| mapsize                  = 
| map_alt                  = 
| map_caption              = Location in the Western Cape
| image_map1               = Matzikama LM topographic map.svg
| map_alt1                 = Topographic map of Matzikama Local Municipality
| map_caption1             = Topographic map
| coordinates              = {{coord|31|15|S|18|30|E|region:ZA_type:adm3rd_dim:150km|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        = [[West Coast District Municipality|West Coast]]
<!-- seat, smaller parts ------->| seat                     = [[Vredendal]]
| parts_type               = [[Ward (South Africa)|Wards]]
| parts                    = 8
<!-- government leaders -->| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = [[Municipal council]]
| leader_party             = [[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|DA]]
| leader_title             = Mayor
| leader_name              = Johan Van Der Hoven
| leader_title1            = 
| leader_name1             = 
| leader_title2            = 
| leader_name2             = <!-- area ---------------------->
| area_footnotes           = 
| area_total_km2           = 12981
<!-- population ---------------->
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="muni_population">{{cite web |url=https://census.statssa.gov.za/#/province/1/2 |title=Statistics by place  |publisher=Statistics South Africa |access-date=7 August 2024}}</ref>
| population_total         = 69,043
| population_as_of         = 2022
| population_rank          = 
| population_density_km2   = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->
| demographics_type1       = Racial makeup {{nobold|(2022)}}
| demographics1_footnotes  = <ref name="muni_population"/>
| demographics1_title1     = {{nobold|[[Bantu-speaking peoples of South Africa|Black African]]}}
| demographics1_info1      = 10.2%
| demographics1_title2     = {{nobold|[[Coloureds|Coloured]]}}
| demographics1_info2      = 77.7%
| demographics1_title3     = {{nobold|[[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]}}
| demographics1_info3      = 0.2%
| demographics1_title4     = {{nobold|[[White South African|White]]}}
| demographics1_info4      = 11.0%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->
| demographics_type2       = [[First language]]s {{nobold|(2011)}}
| demographics2_footnotes  = <ref name="muni_population" />
| demographics2_title1     = {{nobold|[[Afrikaans]]}}
| demographics2_info1      = 91.8%
| demographics2_title2     = {{nobold|[[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]}}
| demographics2_info2      = 3.5%
| demographics2_title3     = {{nobold|[[English language|English]]}}
| demographics2_info3      = 1.8%
| demographics2_title4     = 
| demographics2_info4      = %
| demographics2_title5     = {{nobold|Other}}
| demographics2_info5      = 2.9%
<!-- time zone(s) -------------->| timezone1                = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1              = +2
<!-- Municipal code -->| blank_name_sec1          = Municipal&nbsp;code
| blank_info_sec1          = WC011

<!-- website, footnotes -->| footnotes                = 
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.matzikamamunicipality.co.za/#/home}}
}}
'''Matzikama Municipality''' ({{langx|af|Matzikama Munisipaliteit}}) is a [[local municipality (South Africa)|local municipality]] which governs the northernmost part of the [[Western Cape]] province of [[South Africa]], including the towns of [[Vredendal]], [[Vanrhynsdorp]], [[Klawer]] and [[Lutzville]], and the surrounding villages and rural areas. {{As of|2022}}, it had a population of 69,043.<ref name=muni_population /> It forms part of the [[West Coast District Municipality]], and its municipality code is WC011.

''Matzikama'' is of [[Khoekhoe]] origin, the first people of South Africa. It contains the [[Khoekhoe language]] words ''ma'' which means "give", ''tsî'' which means "you", and ''ǁgamma'' which means "water", and loosely translates into "you that give water".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://southafrica.co.za/matzikama-region.html|title=Matzikama Region|website=southafrica.co.za|access-date=30 July 2023}}</ref>