Ngqeleni is a town in OR Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Ngqeleni | |
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  Ngqeleni  Ngqeleni | |
| Coordinates: 31°40′12″S 29°01′41″E / 31.670°S 29.028°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | O.R. Tambo |
| Municipality | Nyandeni |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.28 km2 (0.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,629 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 97.2% |
| • Coloured | 1.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 0.3% |
| • Other | 0.5% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 87.4% |
| • English | 7.0% |
| • Sign language | 1.6% |
| • Northern Sotho | 1.1% |
| • Other | 3.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 5140 |
| PO box | 5140 |
| Area code | 047 |
Village in West Pondoland, 32 km southeast of Umtata and about 40 km north-north-west of Coffee Bay. The name is derived from the Xhosa ngqele, ‘cold’ or ‘frost’. Coldstream, which flows past it, may have a name translated from Ngqeleni, ‘at the cold’."[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Ngqeleni". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 335.
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