Sundays River Valley
| Sundays River Valley Sundays River Valley Local Municipality |
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| Country | South Africa | |
| province | Eastern Cape | |
| District | Sarah Baartman | |
| Seat | Kirkwood | |
| surface | 3508 km² | |
| Residents | 54,504 (October 2011) | |
| density | 16 inhabitants per km² | |
| key | EC106 | |
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | |
| Website | www.srvm.gov.za (English) | |
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| mayor | Nombulelo Bixa | |
Coordinates: 33 ° 24 ′ S , 25 ° 26 ′ E
Sundays River Valley ( English Sundays River Valley Local Municipality ) is a local municipality in the Sarah Baartman district of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa . The local government office is in Kirkwood . Mayoress is Nombulelo Bixa.
The municipality name is a translation of the Dutch Zondags Rivier . A Voortrekker command under the Boer leader Andries Pretorius stopped here on a Sunday (December 8, 1838).
Cities / places
population
In 2011 the community had 54,504 inhabitants. 71.8% of this were black, 21.4% colored and 5.9% white. The mother tongues were 62.1% IsiXhosa , 27% Afrikaans and 3.3% English.
Web links
- The community site (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Local Government Handbook. South Africa: Sundays River Valley Local Municipality (EC106) . at www.municipalities.co.za (English).
- ^ Department of Arts and Culture: Place Names . at www.salanguages.com (English); Search term: Sunday's River Valley Local Municipality .
- ↑ 2011 Census: Sundays River Valley . accessed on August 26, 2020.
- ^ Statistics South Africa : Sundays River Valley . at www.statssa.gov.za (English).