Ngqeleni
Ngqeleni | |
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Ngqeleni Ngqeleni shown within Eastern Cape | |
Coordinates: 31°40′12″S 29°01′41″E / 31.670°S 29.028°ECoordinates: 31°40′12″S 29°01′41″E / 31.670°S 29.028°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | O.R.Tambo |
Municipality | Nyandeni |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 2.28 km2 (0.88 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 2,629 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011)[1] | |
• Black African | 97.2% |
• Coloured | 1.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 0.3% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011)[1] | |
• Xhosa | 87.4% |
• English | 7.0% |
• Sign language | 1.6% |
• Northern Sotho | 1.1% |
• Other | 3.0% |
Postal code (street) | 5140 |
PO box | 5140 |
Area code | 047 |
Ngqeleni is a town in O.R.Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Village in West Pondoland, 32 km southeast of Umtata and about 40 km north-north-west of Coffee Bay. The name is derived from the Xhosa ngqele, ‘cold’ or ‘frost’. Coldstream, which flows past it, may have a name translated from Ngqeleni, ‘at the cold’.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Ngqeleni". Census 2011.
- ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 335.
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