Komga
| Komga | |||
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 34 ′ 38 ″ S , 27 ° 53 ′ 16 ″ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Eastern Cape | |||
| District | Amathole | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | ||
| local community | Great kei | ||
| height | 623 m | ||
| surface | 10.5 km² | ||
| Residents | 8090 (2011) | ||
| density | 772.7 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | 1877 | ||
Komga is a city in the South African province of Eastern Cape (Eastern Cape). It is the administrative seat of the Great Kei Community in Amathole District .
geography
In 2011 Komga had 8,090 inhabitants (census). IsiXhosa is spoken most often with 89% . The city is 64 kilometers north of East London and 55 kilometers east of Stutterheim .
history
Komga was founded in 1877 as an agricultural center on the area of a military camp established in 1854. The name comes from the Khoisan and means something like "loamy" or "brown". In 1904 Komga was recognized as a municipality. Until its dissolution in 1994, Komga lay in the land corridor between the homelands Transkei and Ciskei .
Economy and Transport
The Komga Hospital, run by the province, is in Komga .
The city is on the R61 trunk road , which connects Komga with King William's Town in the southwest and National Route 2 , which passes Komga just a few kilometers east and links East London in the south with Gcuwa in the northeast. Komga has a train station on the Amabele – Mthatha route , which is used by freight.
Attractions
The Anglican St. Paul's Church was built by descendants of the settlers from 1820 and is a national monument, as is the Public Library .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 census , accessed on January 9, 2018
- ↑ a b Entry at Southern African place names (English), archive version at archive.org
- ↑ Entry at medpages.co.za (English), accessed on January 9, 2018
- ↑ List of national monuments by province at sahra.org.za (English), accessed on January 9, 2018