Ngqeleni

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Ngqeleni
Ngqeleni is located in Eastern Cape
Ngqeleni
Ngqeleni
Ngqeleni is located in South Africa
Ngqeleni
Ngqeleni
Coordinates: 31°40′12″S 29°01′41″E / 31.670°S 29.028°E / -31.670; 29.028
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictO.R. Tambo
MunicipalityNyandeni
Area
  Total
2.28 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total
2,629
  Density1,150/km2 (2,990/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African97.2%
  Coloured1.6%
  Indian/Asian0.3%
  White0.3%
  Other0.5%
First languages (2011)
  Xhosa87.4%
  English7.0%
  Sign language1.6%
  Northern Sotho1.1%
  Other3.0%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
5140
PO box
5140
Area code047

Ngqeleni is a town in OR Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Ngqeleni". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 335.