Cedarville, South Africa
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Cedarville | |
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Coordinates: 30°23′17″S 29°2′28″E / 30.38806°S 29.04111°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Alfred Nzo |
Municipality | Matatiele |
Area | |
• Total | 12.40 km2 (4.79 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 4,412 |
• Density | 360/km2 (920/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 93.0% |
• Coloured | 4.5% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 1.8% |
• Other | 0.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 78.1% |
• Sotho | 6.3% |
• Afrikaans | 5.8% |
• English | 5.0% |
• Other | 4.8% |
Time zone | UTC 2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 4730 |
PO box | 4720 |
Area code | 039 |
Cedarville is a town in the Alfred Nzo District Municipality of Eastern Cape, South Africa.
A village at the foot of the Cedarberg from which it gets its name, it lies 48 km north-west of Kokstad and 278 km from Pietermaritzburg. In 1912, a village management board was established.[2] Cedarville was in Cape Province until in 1978, when becoming part of Natal and then its successor KwaZulu-Natal. And in 2006, became part of the Eastern Cape province.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Main Place Cedarville". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 113.