Macleantown

Macleantown
Macleantown  Macleantown shown within Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°47′24″S 27°44′38″E / 32.790°S 27.744°ECoordinates: 32°47′24″S 27°44′38″E / 32.790°S 27.744°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
Municipality	Buffalo City
Area[1]
• Total	9.94 km^2 (3.84 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	580
• Density	58/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	85.5%
• Coloured	0.3%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	13.6%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Xhosa	77.6%
• English	15.2%
• Afrikaans	4.3%
• Other	2.9%
PO box	5280
Area code	043

Macleantown is a town in Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Village 34 km north-west of East London and 46 km south-east of Stutterheim. Named in April 1881 after Colonel John Maclean (1810-1874), Chief Commissioner of British Caffraria from 1852 and Lieutenant-Governor of that territory from 1860.^[2]

References

1. "Main Place Macleantown". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 289.