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Key facts
- Country
- South Africa
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Garden Route
- Municipality
- George
- Mayor
- Jackie von Brandis ( DA )
- Deputy mayor
- Browen Johnson ( DA )
- Total
- 77.4 km (29.9 sq mi)
- Density
- 2,030/km (5,270/sq mi)
- Black african
- 9.2%
- Coloured
- 63.2%
- Indian asian
- 0.6%
- White
- 25.6%
- Other
- 1.4%
- Afrikaans
- 84.2%
- Xhosa
- 3%
- English
- 9.6%
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( SAST )
- Area code
- 044
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Encyclopedic overview
George is a city in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre, as well as the administrative and commercial hub and the seat of the Garden Route District Municipality. It is named after the British Monarch George III.
The city is situated roughly halfway between Cape Town and Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) on the Garden Route. It is situated on a 10-kilometre plateau between the Outeniqua Mountains to the north and the Indian Ocean to the south. The former township of Pacaltsdorp, now a fully incorporated suburb, lies to the south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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