Mount Frere
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Main street of Mount Frere
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 Mount Frere
Mount Frere
Mount Frere
Mount Frere shown within Eastern Cape
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| Coordinates: 30°55′S 28°59′E / 30.917°S 28.983°ECoordinates: 30°55′S 28°59′E / 30.917°S 28.983°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Alfred Nzo |
| Municipality | Umzimvubu |
| Established | 1876 |
| • Councillor | (ANC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.53 km2 (1.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,252 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 96.1% |
| • Coloured | 1.2% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.8% |
| • White | 0.8% |
| • Other | 1.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 86.6% |
| • English | 6.0% |
| • Zulu | 1.6% |
| • Other | 5.7% |
| Postal code (street) | 5090 |
| PO box | 5090 |
| Area code | 039 255 |
Mount Frere is a town located in the Eastern Cape province, previously known as the Transkei region, of South Africa. Its name in Xhosa is kwaBhaca, or "place of the Bhaca people", who settled here while fleeing the advance of Shaka Zulu.
Mount Frere is situated between Kokstad and Mthatha along the N2 road about 100 km north east of Mthatha. It is administered by the Alfred Nzo District Municipality and the villages are ruled by the Tribal chief with intermediary borders.
Mount Frere was founded in the 17th century and named after Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere.
There is one major street in Mount Frere and it is the Main street on the N2 road. It has many restaurants, shops and public services including the Police Station, Post Office, Municipal offices and the newly built Madzikane Ka Zulu Memorial Hospital. Most of the businesses and shops are situated along the Main street, there are only a few outside this area.
There are a lot of farmers in and around Mount Frere and most of the people rely on subsistence farming for their basic needs. Peaches, pears, oranges and maize meal are the most popular fruits and vegetables in Mount Frere and recently there has been involvement from the Municipal to change these Subsistence farmers into Commercial farmers.
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