Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Town Clerk, Municipality Somerset East
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 3/SSE
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1842 – 1973
History
The Municipality of Somerset East was constituted on 17 March 1837 under provision of Ordinance No 9 of 1836 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette, No 1630 of 17 March 1837).
In 1994 Somerset East became part of the Eastern Cape Province. It forms part of the Blue Crane Route Local Municipality, one of seven local municipalities that falls under the Sarah Baartman District Municipality.
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Somerset East.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Somerset East.
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/SSE
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
5 May 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.