Mhlangeni
Mhlangeni
Hertzog | |
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Coordinates: 32°34′41″S 26°42′50″E / 32.578°S 26.714°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Amathole |
Municipality | Raymond Mhlaba |
Area | |
• Total | 1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 323 |
• Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 100.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 98.1% |
• English | 1.2% |
• Other | 0.6% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Mhlangeni, also known as Hertzog, is a settlement in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Village in the Kat River Valley, 7 km south-west of Seymour and some 27 km north-east of Fort Beaufort. Originally named Tamboekievlei, then in 1837, named after Willem Frederik Hertzog (1792–1847), Assistant Surveyor-General of the Cape Colony from 1828 and surveyor of the Kat River Settlement.[2] It is now known as Mhlangeni.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Mhlangeni". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 208.
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