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The municipality is located in the north eastern part of the Amathole District Municipality. The main administrative office is situated in Dutywa. Its primary claim to fame is as the birthplace of former President Thabo Mbeki. The Mbanyana Falls, Mbhashe Cultural Village and Donald Wood's Snooker Room number among its attractions. [3]
The Mbhashe Local Municipality council (within the South African Amathole District Municipality) consists of sixty-three members elected by mixed-member proportional representation.
District Seat Area (km²) [1] Population (2016) [2] Pop. density (per km²) Amahlathi Local Municipality: EC124 Amathole Stutterheim: 4,505 101,826 22.6 Blue Crane Route Local Municipality: EC102 Sarah Baartman Somerset East: 11,068 36,063 3.3 Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality: BUF East London: 2,750 834,997 303.6 Dr AB Xuma Local ...
The municipalities of South Africa as of 2016. This is a list of municipalities of South Africa.The largest metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is divided into district municipalities, each of which consists of several local municipalities.
Dutywa, also known as Idutywa, [2] is a town in Mbashe Local Municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa, that was founded in 1858 as a military fort after a dispute between a Natal Colony raiding party and its local people. [3] It is named after the Dutywa River, a tributary of the Mbhashe River. [4]
Hobeni is a village in Mbhashe Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Ikhaya Loxolo, a community and farm for people with special needs , is located near the village. [ 2 ]
Elliotdale (Xhosa: Xhora) is a town in Amatole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town lies 50 km south of Mthatha and 22 km south-east of Mqanduli. It is named after Sir Henry Elliot, Chief Magistrate of the Transkei from 1891 to 1902. [2]
Mbhashe may refer to a number of things in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa: the Mbhashe River, formerly the Bashee River; the Mbhashe Local Municipality;