Lady Frere
Lady Frere (officially Cacadu) is a small town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town was renamed to Cacadu in 2017 after changes to the country's colonial names.[2] Cacadu, meaning “bulrush water”, is the Xhosa name for the White Kei River, which rises in the district.
Lady Frere
Cacadu | |
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  Lady Frere  Lady Frere  Lady Frere | |
| Coordinates: 31.703°S 27.234°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Chris Hani |
| Municipality | Emalahleni |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,024 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 98.3% |
| • Coloured | 0.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
| • White | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 91.6% |
| • English | 4.1% |
| • Other | 4.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 5410 |
| PO box | 5410 |
| Area code | 047 |
History
The town was established 1879, and became a municipality in 1900. The town was named after the wife of Sir Henry Bartle Frere, governor of the Cape Colony from 1877 to 1880.[3]
References
- Sum of the Main Places Lady Frere and Bhongolwethu from Census 2011.
- "New names, but no signs say EC residents". SABC News. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.
Municipalities and communities of Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape | ||
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District seat: Queenstown | ||
| Intsika Yethu | .svg.png.webp) Chris Hani District within South Africa | |
| Enoch Mgijima | ||
| Engcobo | ||
| Emalahleni | ||
| Inxuba Yethemba | ||
| Sakhisizwe | ||
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