Great kei

Great Kei Great Kei Local Municipality
Symbols
Coat of arms or logo
Motto "Empowerment through Development" , " Self-determination through development"
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Seat	Komga
surface	1736 km²
Residents	38,991 (October 2011)
density	22 inhabitants per km²
key	EC123
ISO 3166-2	ZA-EC
Website	www.greatkeilm.gov.za (English)
politics
mayor	Loyiso Tsetsha

Coordinates: 32 ° 35 '  S , 27 ° 53'  E

The community ( local Municipality ) Great Kei is part of the district Amathole , Province of Eastern Cape in South Africa . 38,991 inhabitants live in an area of ​​1,736 km² (as of 2011). The seat of the municipal administration is Komga .

The community name is based on the Great Kei River . The Khoi word Kei means "sand". The "great sandy river" is the largest river in the municipality.

Cities / places

Belekumntwana Bola Chicargo Cintsa Cintsa East Cwili Dambile Diphini Gwaba

Haga Haga Kei Mouth Komga KwaJongilanga KwaMahomba KwaNokola KwaTuba Kwelera Kwelera Point

Kwenxura Layitemeni Luphindweni Lusasa Lusizini Magrangxeni Mahomba Makazi Makmxeni

Manqukela Mgcogo Mkomagi Mooiplaas Morgan's Bay Mtobeni Mzwini Ncalukeni Ngxingxolo

Qolweni Qumrha Silatsha Sithunga Soto Tainton Village Tuba Ebomvini Yellow Sands Ziphunzana

population

In 2011 the community had 38,991 inhabitants. Of these, 91.3% were black, 7.2% white and 1.3% colored .

The first language was 87.3% IsiXhosa , 6.9% English and 2.7% Afrikaans.

Web links

• Side of the community. on www.greatkeilm.gov.za (English)
• The Local Government Handbook: Great Kei Local Municipality (EC123) . on www.localgovernment.co.za (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Municipal boundaries South Africa
2. ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities ( Memento from August 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
3. ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=great-kei-municipality