Ndlambe
Ndlambe Ndlambe Local Municipality |
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Basic data | |
Country | South Africa |
province | Eastern Cape |
District | Sarah Baartman |
Seat | Port Alfred |
surface | 1841 km² |
Residents | 61,176 (October 2011) |
density | 33 inhabitants per km² |
key | EC105 |
ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC |
Website | www.ndlambe.gov.za (English) |
politics | |
mayor | Khululwa Ncamiso |
Coordinates: 33 ° 36 ' S , 26 ° 53' E
Ndlambe ( English Ndlambe Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Sarah Baartman district of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa . The seat of the local government is in Port Alfred . Mayor is Khululwa Ncamiso.
The community is named after a chief of the Rarabe clan of the Xhosa , who lived in what is now the municipality. He was chief from 1782 to 1796 and died in 1829.
Cities / places
population
In 2011 the community had 61,176 inhabitants. 77.7% of these were black, 14.2% white and 7.3% colored . The mother tongues were 71.5% IsiXhosa , 12.2% English and 11.7% Afrikaans.
Web links
- The community site (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Ndlambe Local Municipality (EC105) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
- ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English).
- ↑ Eric Rosenthal: Southern African Dictionary of National Biography . Frederick & Warne, London / New York 1966, p. 268.
- ↑ 2011 census: Ndlambe . accessed on August 26, 2020.
- ^ Statistics South Africa : Ndlambe . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).