Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
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Motto "Masichume, sands, siphumelele" |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Eastern Cape | |
| Seat | East London | |
| surface | 2536 km² | |
| Residents | 755.200 (October 2011) | |
| density | 298 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | BUF | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | |
| Website | www.buffalocity.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Xola Pakati | |
| Political party | African National Congress | |
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Coordinates: 33 ° 0 ′ S , 27 ° 54 ′ E
The metropolitan municipality Buffalo City ( English : Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality ) is a metropolitan municipality in the South African province of Eastern Cape . 755,200 inhabitants live in an area of 2536 km² (as of 2011). The local government is based in East London .
2000 was Municipality Buffalo City Local Municipality formed by the merger of several villages. Buffalo City was part of the Amathole district until it was founded as a metropolitan municipality in 2011 . The metropolitan municipality is named after the Buffalo River , which flows into the Indian Ocean near East London .
In 2015, the African National Congress , which leads the metropolitan municipality, proposed a change of name to Dr WB Rubusana Metropolitan Municipality , after the politician Walter Benson Rubusana .
Cities and Places in Buffalo City
population
In 2011 the metropolitan municipality had 755,200 inhabitants. Of these, 85.1% were black, 7.7% white, 6% colored and 0.8% Indian or Asian.
The first language was 76.9% IsiXhosa , 10.7% English and 7% Afrikaans.
Nature parks and nature reserves (selection)
- Gonubie Nature Reserve
- Kwelera National Botanical Garden
- Nahoon Nature Reserve
- Umtiza Nature Reserve
Web links
- The Metropolitan Municipality website (English)
- Infrastructure plan of the Buffalo City community (2004) ( Memento from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English; PDF; 6.9 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Local Government Handbook: Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BUF) . on www.localgovernment.co.za (English)
- ^ ANC proposes new name for Buffalo City Metro. news24.com of November 20, 2015 (English), accessed April 22, 2016
- ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=buffalo-city-municipality