Frere, South Africa
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Frere | |
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Coordinates: 28°52′59″S 29°45′58″E / 28.883°S 29.766°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | KwaZulu-Natal |
District | uThukela |
Municipality | Inkosi Langalibalele |
Area | |
• Total | 9.36 km2 (3.61 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,215 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 99.8% |
• Coloured | 0.1% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.1% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Zulu | 94.9% |
• English | 2.1% |
• Other | 3.0% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
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Frere is a town in Inkosi Langalibalele Local Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The city is named for Sir Henry Bartle Frere, Governor of Cape Colony from 1877 to 1880. The city was for a time the headquarters of Sir Redvers Buller during the Second Boer War. The town is 25 km east of Winterton.
Sources
[edit]- Erasmus, B.P.J. (1995). Op Pad in Suid-Afrika. Jonathan Ball Uitgewers. ISBN 1-86842-026-4.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Main Place Frere". Census 2011.