Mhlangeni

Mhlangeni
Hertzog
Mhlangeni

 Mhlangeni shown within Eastern Cape

Coordinates: 32°34′41″S 26°42′50″E / 32.578°S 26.714°E / -32.578; 26.714Coordinates: 32°34′41″S 26°42′50″E / 32.578°S 26.714°E / -32.578; 26.714
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Municipality Nkonkobe
Area[1]
 • Total 1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 323
 • Density 280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 100.0%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Xhosa 98.1%
 • English 1.2%
 • Other 0.6%

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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Mhlangeni". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 208.
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