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Cedarville, South Africa

Coordinates: 30°23′17″S 29°2′28″E / 30.38806°S 29.04111°E / -30.38806; 29.04111
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Cedarville
Cedarville is located in Eastern Cape
Cedarville
Cedarville
Cedarville is located in South Africa
Cedarville
Cedarville
Coordinates: 30°23′17″S 29°2′28″E / 30.38806°S 29.04111°E / -30.38806; 29.04111
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictAlfred Nzo
MunicipalityMatatiele
Area
 • Total
12.40 km2 (4.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
4,412
 • Density360/km2 (920/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African93.0%
 • Coloured4.5%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White1.8%
 • Other0.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa78.1%
 • Sotho6.3%
 • Afrikaans5.8%
 • English5.0%
 • Other4.8%
Time zoneUTC 2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
4730
PO box
4720
Area code039

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

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  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Cedarville". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 113.