St Mark's, Eastern Cape

St Mark’s
St Mark’s  St Mark’s shown within Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°00′47″S 27°22′52″E / 32.013°S 27.381°ECoordinates: 32°00′47″S 27°22′52″E / 32.013°S 27.381°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Municipality	Intsika Yethu
Area[1]
• Total	2.43 km^2 (0.94 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	852
• Density	350/km^2 (910/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	99.8%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Xhosa	95.7%
• Zulu	2.0%
• Other	2.4%

St Mark’s, Eastern Cape is a town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Village on the White Kei River, about 15 km west of Cofimvaba and 40 km north-east of Cathcart. It was founded in 1855 as one of four Anglican mission stations named after the apostles.^[2]

References

1. "Main Place St Mark’s". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 395.