Joe Gqabi District Municipality

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Joe Gqabi District Municipality is a local government district in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, known for its largely rural character and administrative center in the town of Aliwal North.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
district municipality
bordersCountry Lesotho
bordersProvince Free State
KwaZulu-Natal
category District municipalities of the Eastern Cape
Populated places in the Eastern Cape
containsSettlement Aliwal North
Barkly East
Lady Grey
Sterkspruit
country South Africa
formerName Ukhahlamba District Municipality
governmentType district municipality council
hasAdministrativeCenter Aliwal North
hasBorderFeature Drakensberg mountains
hasClimateFeature mountainous areas
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
tourism
hasGoverningBody Joe Gqabi District Municipality Council
hasLocalMunicipality Elundini Local Municipality
Senqu Local Municipality
Walter Sisulu Local Municipality
hasMunicipalCode DC14
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.jgdm.gov.za/
hasRuralCharacter true
isPartOf local government sphere of South Africa
languageMajority Xhosa
languageSignificant Afrikaans
Sotho
locatedIn Eastern Cape
South Africa
namedAfter Joe Gqabi
namedFor anti-apartheid activist Joe Gqabi
partOf Eastern Cape provincial administrative structure
regionType largely rural
seat Aliwal North
subdivisionName1 Eastern Cape
subdivisionName2 South Africa
subdivisionType district municipality
timeZone South African Standard Time
linked to: Central Africa Time
usesGovernmentSystem municipal council system
utcOffset +2

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O.R. Tambo District Municipality borderedBy Joe Gqabi District Municipality
Joe Gqabi District Municipality hasGoverningBody Joe Gqabi District Municipality Council
linked to: Joe Gqabi District Municipality