Mount Frere | |
Other Name: | KwaBhaca |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -30.9167°N 87°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Cape |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Alfred Nzo |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Umzimvubu |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1876 |
Leader Party: | ANC |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.53 |
Population Total: | 5252 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 96.1% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 1.2% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.8% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 0.8% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 1.1% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Xhosa |
Demographics2 Info1: | 86.6% |
Demographics2 Title2: | English |
Demographics2 Info2: | 6.0% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Hlubi |
Demographics2 Info4: | 1.8% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 5.7% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 5090 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 5090 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 039 255 |
Mount Frere, officially KwaBhaca, 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.
Its name in Xhosa is KwaBhaca, or "village of the Bhaca chiefdom", or "place of the Bhaca people",[2] who settled here around the year 1825.
Mount Frere was founded in 1876 and named after Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere.[2] In February 2016, Mount Frere was renamed KwaBhaca.[3]