Mount Frere
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mount Frere
| other_name = KwaBhaca
| image_skyline = Main street of Mt Frere in northern Transkei (1569848392).jpg
| image_caption = Main street of Mount Frere
| pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa
| coordinates = {{coord|30|55|S|28|59|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| 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 = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/296195 |title = Main Place Mount Frere |work=Census 2011}}
| 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 = [[Bhaca language|isiBhaca
]]
| demographics2_info1 = 86.6%
| demographics2_title2 = English
| demographics2_info2 = 6.0%
| demographics2_title3 =
| 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 isiNguni is KwaBhaca, or "village of the Bhaca chiefdom", or "place of the Bhaca people",{{Cite book |last=Erasmus |first=B. P. J. |url=http://archive.org/details/onrouteinsouthaf0000eras |title=On Route in South Africa |publisher=Jonathan Ball Publishers |others=Internet Archive |year=1995 |isbn=978-1-86842-026-1 |location=Johannesburg |pages=209}} who settled here around the year 1825.
Mount Frere was founded in 1876 and named after Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere. In February 2016, Mount Frere was renamed KwaBhaca.{{cite web |title=Government Gazette No. 39669 |url=http://www.gpwonline.co.za/Gazettes/Gazettes/39669_9-2_ArtsCulture.pdf |publisher=South African Government |accessdate=8 August 2019 |page=9 |date=2016-02-09}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.bhaca.co.za Bhaca| AmaBhaca]
{{Alfred Nzo District Municipality}}
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Category:Populated places in the Umzimvubu Local Municipality
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