Mount Ayliff

Mount Ayliff
Mount Ayliff  Mount Ayliff shown within Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 30°48′33″S 29°22′01″E / 30.80917°S 29.36694°ECoordinates: 30°48′33″S 29°22′01″E / 30.80917°S 29.36694°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Alfred Nzo
Municipality	Umzimvubu
Area[1]
• Total	3.32 km^2 (1.28 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	5,367
• Density	1,600/km^2 (4,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	98.2%
• Coloured	0.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	0.4%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Xhosa	91.5%
• English	2.9%
• Zulu	1.4%
• Other	4.2%
Postal code (street)	4735
PO box	4735
Area code	039

Mount Ayliff is a small town in the eastern Eastern Cape province of South Africa, near that province's border with KwaZulu-Natal. In the census of 2011, its population was recorded as being 5,367 people, of whom 98% described themselves as "Black African", and 91.5% spoke Xhosa as their first language.^[2]

Mount Ayliff is located in the Umzimvubu Local Municipality, which is part of the Alfred Nzo District Municipality; it is the location of the headquarters of the latter.^[3]

Xesibeland, the traditional region of the Xesibe people, was located around Mount Ayliff. The Xesbe (one of the Xhosa groups) was led by Chief Jojo; Jojo today is the royal family and still the leading family in Mount Ayliff.

References

1. "Main Place Mount Ayliff". Census 2011.
2. "Mount Ayliff". Census 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
3. "Contact information: Alfred Nzo District Municipality". Government Communication and Information System. Retrieved 30 April 2011.