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Many of South Africa's black leaders – including Walter Sisulu, Sabelo Phama, Bantu Holomisa and Nelson Mandela — come from this area, and the retired Nelson Rholihlahla Mandela lived in his home village of Qunu a few kilometres south of Mthatha. Mthatha is a focal point of the Nelson Mandela Route which celebrates the life of Nelson Mandela.
The King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality was established before the 2000 local government elections when the Mthatha and Mqanduli transitional and rural areas were merged. The municipality was named after King Sabata Dalindyebo because his great place was in the region and he was seen as a hero who fought for the freedom of Transkei and ...
Qunu (pronounced [ˈk͡ǃuːnu]) is a Xhosa rural village in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, 32 km (20 mi) south-west of Mthatha on the N2 national route. The Mandela family [ edit ]
Area • Total. 12,096 km 2 (4,670 sq mi) Population ... The seat is Mthatha. As of 2011, the vast majority (94%) of its 1,364,943 inhabitants spoke isiXhosa.
Qumbu was the first place in the Eastern Transkei homeland to have a hospital named Nessie Knight in the nearby rural area of Sulenkama, founded by the Missioner Mr Peterson. It lies on the north-east side of the Eastern Cape provincial border alongside the N2 route between Mthatha and Mt Frere, and the R396 between Tsolo and Maclear.
Libode is a small town of 5000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.It is situated on the R61 road (future N2 Wild Coast Toll Route) from Port St Johns in the east to Mthatha in the west and serves as the administrative seat of the Nyandeni Local Municipality, which is part of the OR Tambo District Municipality.
Mount Frere, officially KwaBhaca, [2] is a town located in the Eastern Cape province, previously known as the Transkei region, of South Africa.KwaBhaca is situated between Kokstad and Mthatha along the N2 road about 100 km north east of Mthatha.
Area [2] Population (2016) [3] Pop. density km 2 sq mi per km 2 per sq mi Abaqulusi Local Municipality: KZN263 KwaZulu-Natal: Zululand: Vryheid: B3 (small towns) 4,314 2,681 243,795 56.5 90.9 Albert Luthuli Local Municipality: MP301 Mpumalanga: Gert Sibande: Carolina: B4 (mostly rural) 5,559 3,454 187,629 33.7 54.2 Alfred Duma Local ...