Senqu
| Senqu Senqu Local Municipality |
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Motto "Abantu Abanye, Umasipalati Omnye, Uhambo Olunye" |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Eastern Cape | |
| District | Joe Gqabi | |
| Seat | Lady Gray | |
| surface | 7330 km² | |
| Residents | 134,150 (October 2011) | |
| density | 18 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | EC142 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | |
| Website | www.senqu.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Nomvuyo Patricia Mposelwa | |
Coordinates: 30 ° 42 ′ S , 27 ° 14 ′ E
Senqu ( English Senqu Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Joe Gqabi district of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa . The seat of the local government is in Lady Gray . Until 1994 a part of the municipality belonged to the former Homeland Transkei . Mayor is Nomvuyo Patricia Mposelwa.
Senqu is the Sesotho name of the Orange River on which the municipality is located.
The 3001 meter high Ben MacDhui is located in the municipality .
Cities / places
- Barkly East
- eNtsimekweni
- Esilindini
- Herschel
- Kwezinaledi
- Lady Gray
- Magalagaleni
- Mareteng
- Mayireni
- New rest
- Rhodes
- Sekotong
- Sterkspruit
- Steve Tshwete
- Tienbank
- Voyizane
- Walaza
population
In 2011 the community had 134,150 inhabitants. Of these, 97.3% were black, 1.2% colored and 1.1% white. The first language was 73.6% IsiXhosa , 20% Sesotho, 2.4% Afrikaans and 1.3% English.
Web links
- The community site (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Senqu Local Municipality (EC142) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
- ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English).
- ↑ 2011 census: Senqu . accessed on August 29, 2020.
- ↑ Statistics South Africa : Senqu . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).