Mount Frere, officially KwaBhaca, is a town located in the

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province, previously known as the

Transkei Transkei ( , meaning ''the area beyond Great Kei River,

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region, of

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. KwaBhaca is situated between

Kokstad Kokstad is a town in the Harry Gwala District Municipality of the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863. Kokstad is the capital town of the East Griqualand region, ...

and

Mthatha Mthatha ( , ), alternatively rendered Umtata, is the main city of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality. The city has an airport, previously known ...

along the N2 road about 100 km north east of Mthatha. It is administered by the

Alfred Nzo District Municipality The Alfred Nzo District Municipality () is one of the 6 Districts of South Africa, districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat is Mount Ayliff. The majority of its 801,344 residents speak Xhosa language, isiXhosa. The district ...

and the villages are ruled by the Tribal chief with intermediary borders.

History

Its name in isiNguni is KwaBhaca, or "village of the Bhaca chiefdom", or "place of the

Bhaca people The Bhaca people, or amaBhaca, are an Nguni people, Nguni Ethnic groups in South Africa by municipality, ethnic group in South Africa. Background AmaBhaca were formerly known as the Zelemus or AbakwaZelemu between the 1700s until 1830 when ...

", who settled here around the year 1825. Mount Frere was founded in 1876 and named after Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere. In February 2016, Mount Frere was renamed KwaBhaca.

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Bhaca, AmaBhaca
Populated places in the Umzimvubu Local Municipality {{Africa-geo-stub