Tsolwana

Municipal area until 2016

Coat of arms of the municipality

Tsolwana was a municipality ( Local Municipality ) of the Chris Hani District , Eastern Cape Province in South Africa . 33,281 inhabitants lived in an area of ​​6,025 km² (as of 2011). The seat of the municipal administration was Tarkastad .

The community name is an isiXhosa term for "something with a sharp end or point". He is referring to the mountains that surround the community, they have such peaks.

In 2016 the parish was merged with the parishes of Inkwanca and Lukhanji to form the parish of Enoch Mgijima .

Cities / places

Amavundle Basoto Hofmeyr Hopefield Ivanlew Kwezi Loudon

Mitford Phelandaba Tarkastad Tentergate Thorneycroft Thornhill Twinsville

Parks and nature reserves

• Tsolwana Nature Reserve

Web links

• Side of the community. on www.tsolwana.co.za (English)
• The Local Government Handbook: Tsolwana Local Municipality (EC132) . on www.localgovernment.co.za (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Meaning of the name municipalities ( Memento from August 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) (English)