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Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Mhlangeni Hertzog
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Coordinates: 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 km (0.45 sq mi)
Population
 • Total323
 • Density280/km (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. It is now known as Mhlangeni.

References

  1. ^ "Main Place Mhlangeni". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 208.
Municipalities and communities of Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape
District seat: East London
Amahlathi
Amathole District within South Africa
Amathole District within South Africa
Great Kei
Mbhashe
Mnquma
Ngqushwa
Raymond Mhlaba


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