Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Town Clerk, Municipality Beaufort West
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 3/BFW
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1837 - 1992
History
The Municipality of Beaufort West was constituted on 3 February 1837 under the provisions of Ordinance 9 of 1836.
In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Beaufort West Municipality together with the Beaufort West Transitional Representative Council was disestablished and the Beaufort West Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5593, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 508, 22 September 2000). The Beaufort West Local Municipality forms part of the larger Central Karoo District Municipality.
Places
Western Cape Province
Cape Province
Cape Colony
Beaufort West
Cape Province
Cape Colony
Beaufort West
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
3/BFW
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
7 September 2020 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Government Gazette of the Cape of Good Hope.
Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette.
Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette.