Mount Coke

Mount Coke
Mount Coke

 Mount Coke shown within Eastern Cape

Coordinates: 32°58′44″S 27°25′52″E / 32.979°S 27.431°E / -32.979; 27.431Coordinates: 32°58′44″S 27°25′52″E / 32.979°S 27.431°E / -32.979; 27.431
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
Municipality Buffalo City
Area[1]
  Total 0.35 km2 (0.14 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 52
  Density 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 100.0%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Xhosa 84.6%
  English 7.7%
  Sign language 5.8%
  Zulu 1.9%

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

Station of the Methodist Missionary Society 18 km east of King William’s Town. It was established in 1825 by the Reverend S Kay and named after Dr. Thomas Coke, who was the first Methodist Bishop and regarded as the Father of Methodist Missions.

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