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Buntingville, South Africa

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Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Buntingville
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Coordinates: 31°38′20″S 28°52′08″E / 31.639°S 28.869°E / -31.639; 28.869
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictOR Tambo
MunicipalityNyandeni
Government
 • CouncillorMbumbulwana
Area
 • Total3.44 km (1.33 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,090
 • Density320/km (820/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.8%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa98.3%
 • Other1.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box5115

Buntingville is a Methodist mission station 15 km south-east of Mthatha. Originally established by the Reverend W B Boyce in 1830 as Old Bunting near the village of the Pondo chief Faku at the headwaters of the Umngazana River, it was transferred about 1865. Named after Jabez Bunting (1779–1858), the English Wesleyan church leader.

References

  1. ^ "Main Place Buntingville". Census 2011.
  2. Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 99. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
Municipalities and communities of OR Tambo District Municipality, Eastern Cape
District seat: Mthatha
Ingquza Hill
OR Tambo District within South Africa
OR Tambo District within South Africa
Port St Johns
Nyandeni
Mhlontlo
King Sabata Dalindyebo
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