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Theewaterskloof Municipality (Afrikaans: Theewaterskloof Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Theewaterskloof) is a local municipality located within the Overberg District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. As of 2022, the population was 139,563.
Theewaterskloof dam has a capacity of 480,406 megalitres (16,965.4 × 10 ^ 6 cu ft) of water, and when full the reservoir covers an area of 5,059 hectares (12,500 acres). [2] The catchment area of 500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) is served by streams emanating in the Hottentots Holland mountain range.
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 See also
Theewaterskloof may refer to: Theewaterskloof Dam, near Villiersdorp, Western Cape, South Africa; Theewaterskloof Local Municipality, governing Villiersdorp and the ...
The Theewaterskloof Local Municipality council consists of twenty-seven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.Fourteen councillors are elected by first-past-the-post voting in fourteen wards, while the remaining thirteen are chosen from party lists so that the total number of party representatives is proportional to the number of votes received.
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The largest dam in the system is the Theewaterskloof Dam on the Sonderend River, with a storage capacity of 480 million cubic meters, or 41% of the total storage. It is linked to the Cape Town water system through the Faure treatment works via the Kleinplass balancing dam with a tunnel system through the Hottentots Holland Mountains.
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