Mount Frere Explained

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.

History

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Main Place Mount Frere . Census 2011.
  2. Book: Erasmus, B. P. J. . On Route in South Africa . Jonathan Ball Publishers . Internet Archive . 1995 . 978-1-86842-026-1 . Johannesburg . 209.
  3. Web site: Government Gazette No. 39669 . South African Government . 8 August 2019 . 9 . 2016-02-09.