Mount Frere, officially KwaBhaca,[2] is a town located in the Eastern Cape province, previously known as the Transkei region, of South Africa. KwaBhaca is situated between Kokstad and Mthatha along the N2 road about 100 km north east of Mthatha. It is administered by the Alfred Nzo District Municipality and the villages are ruled by the Tribal chief with intermediary borders.
Mount Frere
KwaBhaca | |
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.jpg) Main street of Mount Frere | |
  Mount Frere  Mount Frere | |
| Coordinates: 30°55′S 28°59′E / 30.917°S 28.983°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Alfred Nzo |
| Municipality | Umzimvubu |
| Established | 1876 |
| • Councillor | (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.53 km2 (1.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,252 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 96.1% |
| • Coloured | 1.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
| • White | 0.8% |
| • Other | 1.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 86.6% |
| • English | 6.0% |
| • Hlubi | 1.8% |
| • Other | 5.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 5090 |
| PO box | 5090 |
| Area code | 039 255 |
History edit
Its name in Xhosa is KwaBhaca, or "village of the Bhaca chiefdom", or "place of the Bhaca people",[3] who settled here around the year 1825.
Mount Frere was founded in 1876 and named after Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere.[3] In February 2016, Mount Frere was renamed KwaBhaca.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Mount Frere". Census 2011.
- ^ a b "Government Gazette No. 39669" (PDF). South African Government. 2016-02-09. p. 9. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ a b Erasmus, B. P. J. (1995). On Route in South Africa. Internet Archive. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-86842-026-1.
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