Mhlontlo
| Mhlontlo Mhlontlo Local Municipality |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | South Africa |
| province | Eastern Cape |
| District | OR Tambo |
| Seat | Qumbu |
| surface | 2826 km² |
| Residents | 188,226 (October 2011) |
| density | 67 inhabitants per km² |
| key | EC156 |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC |
| Website | www.mhlontlolm.gov.za (English) |
| politics | |
| mayor | Nompumelelo Dywili |
Coordinates: 31 ° 9 ′ S , 28 ° 52 ′ E
Mhlontlo is a municipality ( Local Municipality ) in the OR Tambo District , Eastern Cape Province in South Africa . In 2011 the population was 188,226 on a total area of 2,826 km². The seat of the municipal administration is in Qumbu .
The community name refers to Inkosi Enkhulu Mhlonto (* 1837, Lukisikisi, West Pondoland ; † December 11, 1912, Qumbu, Transkei ), a head of the Pondomise (a Xhosa tribe) in the 19th century. This was removed from his post by the then provincial government when the Pondomise killed the magistrate of Qumbu.
In the town of Tsolo there was a higher special school ( Jongilizwe College ) during apartheid , where the sons of chiefs and other traditional tribal leaders from the demographic group of the Xhosa were trained for future administrative tasks. At the end of the training two degrees could be obtained. They were a low-level degree in administration and a full degree in administration and law.
Cities
- Qumbu
- Tsolo
population
In 2011 the community had 188,226 inhabitants. 99.4% of them were black.
First language was 94.3% IsiXhosa and 2.3% English.
Web links
- Side of the community. on www.mhlontlolm.gov.za (English)
- The Local Government Handbook: Mhlontlo Local Municipality (EC156) . on www.localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Administrative boundaries of South Africa ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities
- ↑ Genealogy ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Department of Information (ed.): Multinational Development in South Africa: A Reality . Pretoria 1974, p. 68
- ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=mhlontlo-municipality
