Editing Witzenberg Local Municipality (section)

== Geography ==
The municipality covers an area of {{convert|10753|km2}} which includes the [[Land van Waveren]] ([[Tulbagh]]) valley, the [[Warm Bokkeveld]], the [[Koue Bokkeveld]] and the Ceres-[[Karoo]]. It stretches from the [[Winterhoek|Groot Winterhoek Mountains]] in the west and the [[Hex River Mountains]] in the south as far as the [[Northern Cape]] provincial border in the north and east. It abuts on the [[Hantam Municipality]] to the north, the [[Karoo Hoogland Municipality]] to the northeast, the [[Laingsburg Municipality]] to the southeast, the [[Breede Valley Municipality]] to the south, the [[Drakenstein Municipality]] to the southwest, the [[Bergrivier Municipality]] to the west and the [[Cederberg Municipality]] to the northwest.

The principal town and location of the municipal head office is [[Ceres, Western Cape|Ceres]] on the eastern slope of the [[Skurweberg]] mountains, which as of 2011 has a population of 33,224.<ref>Sum of the Main Places [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/165006 Bella Vista], [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/165007 Ceres] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/165008 eNduli] from Census 2011.</ref> To the west of Ceres, on the other side of the mountains, is the [[Land van Waveren]] valley with the towns of [[Wolseley, Western Cape|Wolseley]] (pop. 12,130)<ref>Sum of the Main Places [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/165009 Wolseley], [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/165010 Pine Valley] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/165011 Montana] from Census 2011.</ref> and [[Tulbagh]] (pop. 8,969).<ref>Main Place [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/165004 Tulbagh] from Census 2011.</ref> To the north of Ceres is the town of [[Prince Alfred Hamlet]] (pop. 6,810),<ref>Main Place [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/165005 Prince Alfred Hamlet] from Census 2011.</ref> and further north, in the Koue Bokkeveld, the village of [[Op-die-Berg]] (pop. 1,531).<ref>Main Place [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/165002 Op-die-Berg] from Census 2011.</ref> There are a number of informal settlements: [[Pine Valley, Western Cape|Pine Valley]], [[Chris Hani, Western Cape|Chris Hani]], [[Mooiblom]], [[Zibonele]], [[Polocross, Western Cape|Polocross]], [[Die Gaatjie]] and [[Kleinbegin]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Municipal Profile: Witzenberg Municipality |publisher=Western Cape Government |url=https://www.westerncape.gov.za/assets/departments/human-settlements/docs/issp/mp_witzenberg_final_lr.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014044603/https://www.westerncape.gov.za/assets/departments/human-settlements/docs/issp/mp_witzenberg_final_lr.pdf |archive-date=14 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition in Ward 2, Dwarsrivier, is the settlement of [[Romansrivier]].  Other settlements include: Tulbagh Road, Steinthal, Drostdy, Waterval, Kluitjieskraal, Breede River Station, and Prince Alfred Hamlet Station.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Dennis Moss Partnership |year=2012 |chapter=Other towns and settlements in Witzenberg |title=Witzenberg Spatial Development Framework |pages=82–83 |url=http://www.witzenberg.gov.za/sites/default/files/documents/Witzenberg%20Complete%20SDF.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014052430/http://www.witzenberg.gov.za/sites/default/files/documents/Witzenberg%20Complete%20SDF.pdf |archive-date=14 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>