Great Kei Local Municipality

Great Kei
Official seal of Great Kei
Location in the Eastern Cape
Location in the Eastern Cape
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictAmathole
SeatQumrha
Wards7
Government
 • TypeMunicipal council
 • MayorNgenisile Wellington Tekile (ANC)
 • SpeakerNgenisile Wellington Tekile (ANC)
 • Chief WhipNdileka Kantshashe (ANC)
Area
 • Total1,736 km2 (670 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total38,991
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African91.3%
 • Coloured1.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White7.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa88.8%
 • English7.0%
 • Afrikaans2.7%
 • Other1.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Municipal codeEC123

Great Kei Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala wase Great Kei) is a local municipality within the Amathole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The word Kei is of Khoekhoe origin, meaning "sand". The municipality is named after the Great Kei River.[3]

  1. ^ "Contact list: Executive Mayors". Government Communication & Information System. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistics by place". Statistics South Africa. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ^ South African Languages - Place names

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