Healdtown
Healdtown
KwaNgwevu Enxukhwebe | |
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  Healdtown Location within Eastern Cape  Healdtown Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 32°44′0″S 26°42′15″E / 32.73333°S 26.70417°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Amathole |
| Municipality | Raymond Mhlaba |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 332 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 100.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 98.5% |
| • Other | 1.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 5730 |
| Area code | 046 |
Healdtown is a hamlet located 10 km north-east of Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality in Amathole District in an area that was formerly part of the Ciskei. Nelson Mandela completed his schooling in Matric here.
There was a Methodist mission station 10 km north-east of Fort Beaufort and 15 km north-west of Alice. Established in 1853 by minister John Ayliff and named after the treasurer of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, James Heald, who had contributed towards a training institution for teachers, founded there in 1867.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Healdtown". Census 2011.
- ↑ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 201. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
Municipalities and communities of Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape | ||
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District seat: East London | ||
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| Great Kei | ||
| Mbhashe |
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| Mnquma | ||
| Ngqushwa | ||
| Raymond Mhlaba |
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