Buntingville, Eastern Cape

Buntingville
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Buntingville

 Buntingville shown within Eastern Cape

Coordinates: 31°38′20″S 28°52′08″E / 31.639°S 28.869°E / -31.639; 28.869Coordinates: 31°38′20″S 28°52′08″E / 31.639°S 28.869°E / -31.639; 28.869
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District OR Tambo
Municipality Nyandeni
Government
  Councillor Mbumbulwana
Area[1]
  Total 3.44 km2 (1.33 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 1,090
  Density 320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 99.8%
  Coloured 0.1%
  Other 0.1%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Xhosa 98.3%
  Other 1.7%
PO box 5115

Buntingville is a Methodist mission station 15 km south-east of Mthatha. Originally established by the Reverend W B Boyce in 1830 as Old Bunting near the village of the Pondo chief Faku at the headwaters of the Umngazana River, it was transferred about 1865. Named after Dr Jabez Bunting (1779-1858), the English Wesleyan church leader.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Buntingville". Census 2011.
  2. Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 99. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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