Ngqushwa
| Ngqushwa Ngqushwa Local Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Eastern Cape | |
| District | Amathole | |
| Seat | Peddie | |
| surface | 2241 km² | |
| Residents | 72,190 (October 2011) | |
| density | 32 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | EC126 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | |
| Website | ngqushwamun.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Mnikelo Siwisa | |
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Coordinates: 33 ° 12 ′ S , 27 ° 7 ′ E
The municipality ( Local Municipality ) Ngqushwa is part of the Amathole District , Eastern Cape Province in South Africa . 72,190 inhabitants live in an area of 2,241 km² (as of 2011). The seat of the municipal administration is Peddie . Mayor is Mnikelo Siwisa.
The clicking sounds of the community name are supposed to remind of the Xhosa and Khoisan who lived there .
Cities / places
population
In 2011 the community had 72,190 inhabitants. 99.2% of them were black.
Mother tongue was 94.1% IsiXhosa and 2.6% English.
Web links
- Official website (English)
- The Local Government Handbook: Ngqushwa Local Municipality (EC126) . on www.localgovernment.co.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Municipal boundaries South Africa
- ↑ The Mayor for Ngqushwa Local Municipality (accessed August 29, 2017)
- ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities ( Memento from August 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ http://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=993&id=ngqushwa-municipality