Bitou Municipality
Bitou Municipality
Bitou Local Municipality, commonly known as the “Jewel of the Garden Route”, incorporates the former Outeniqua District Council and Plettenberg Bay. Situated in the Eden District, it covers 1 200 square kilometers. More than 50 000 people live here.
Bitou Municipality aims to extend basic services to all.
Introduction
The municipality covers an area of 992 square kilometres (383 sq mi) between the Indian Ocean and the Tsitsikamma Mountains around the town of Plettenberg Bay. It is the easternmost municipality on the coast of the Western Cape, with its eastern edge at the Bloukrans River forming the border with the Eastern Cape. It abuts on the Knysna Municipality to the west, the George Municipality to the northwest, and the Kou-Kamma Municipality to the east.
Stories of change