Mbhashe
| Mbhashe Mbhashe Local Municipality |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | South Africa |
| province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Amathole |
| Seat | Dutywa |
| surface | 3050 km² |
| Residents | 254,909 (October 2011) |
| density | 84 inhabitants per km² |
| key | EC121 |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC |
| Website | www.mbhashemun.gov.za (English) |
| politics | |
| mayor | Samkelo Nicholas Janda |
Coordinates: 32 ° 6 ′ S , 28 ° 18 ′ E
The municipality ( Local Municipality ) Mbhashe (until July 16, 2004 Mbashe ) is part of the Amathole District , Eastern Cape Province in South Africa . 254,909 inhabitants live in an area of 3,050 km² (as of 2011). The seat of the municipal administration is Dutywa .
The community is named after the Mbashe River that flows through the community.
places
- Dutywa
- Elliotdale
- Willowvale
population
In 2011 the community had 254,909 inhabitants. They were 99.4% black.
The first language was 94.1% IsiXhosa and 1.5% English.
Web links
- Side of the community. on www.mbhashemun.gov.za (English)
- The Local Government Handbook: Mbhashe Local Municipality (EC121) . on www.localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Old PlaceNames ( English ) Department of Arts and Culture. Archived from the original on February 8, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities ( Memento from August 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=mbhashe-municipality