Mhlangeni

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Mhlangeni
Hertzog
32°34′41″S 26°42′50″E / 32.578°S 26.714°E / -32.578; 26.714
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictAmathole
MunicipalityRaymond Mhlaba
Area
 • Total1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total323
 • Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African100.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa98.1%
 • English1.2%
 • Other0.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Mhlangeni, also known as Hertzog, is a settlement in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Village in the Kat River Valley, 7 km south-west of Seymour and some 27 km north-east of Fort Beaufort. Originally named Tamboekievlei, then in 1837, named after Willem Frederik Hertzog (1792–1847), Assistant Surveyor-General of the Cape Colony from 1828 and surveyor of the Kat River Settlement.[2] It is now known as Mhlangeni.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Mhlangeni". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 208.


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