Mount Frere
KwaBhaca
Main street of Mount Frere
Main street of Mount Frere
Mount Frere is located in Eastern Cape
Mount Frere
Mount Frere
Mount Frere is located in South Africa
Mount Frere
Mount Frere
Coordinates: 30°55′S 28°59′E / 30.917°S 28.983°E / -30.917; 28.983
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictAlfred Nzo
MunicipalityUmzimvubu
Established1876
 • Councillor(ANC)
Area
[1]
 • Total3.53 km2 (1.36 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total5,252
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African96.1%
 • Coloured1.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.8%
 • White0.8%
 • Other1.1%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Xhosa86.6%
 • English6.0%
 • Hlubi1.8%
 • Other5.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
5090
PO box
5090
Area code039 255

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.

History

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

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Mount Frere". Census 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Government Gazette No. 39669" (PDF). South African Government. 2016-02-09. p. 9. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  3. ^ 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.

External links

Municipalities and communities of Alfred Nzo District Municipality, Eastern Cape
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