Makhanda
Grahamstown | |
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Clockwise from top: Makhanda seen from Fort Selwyn, City Hall, St Andrews College Tower, High Street, Cathedral of St Michael and St George | |
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| Coordinates: 33°18′36″S 26°31′36″E / 33.31000°S 26.52667°E | |
| Country |  South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Municipality | Makana |
| Established | 1812[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 65.1 km2 (25.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 580 m (1,900 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 67,264 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 78.9% |
| • Coloured | 11.3% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.7% |
| • White | 8.4% |
| • Other | 0.6% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 72.2% |
| • Afrikaans | 13.7% |
| • English | 10.8% |
| • Other | 3.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 6139 |
| PO box | 6140 |
| Area code | 046 |
Makhanda, also known as Grahamstown, is a town[a] of about 75,000 [4]people in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated about 125 kilometres (80 mi) northeast of Gqeberha and 160 kilometres (100 mi) southwest of East London. It is the largest town in the Makana Local Municipality, and the seat of the municipal council. It also hosts Rhodes University, the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court, the South African Library for the Blind (SALB), a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, and 6 South African Infantry Battalion. Furthermore, located approximately 3 km south-east of the town lies the world renowned Waterloo Farm, the only estuarine fossil site in the world from 360 million years ago with exceptional soft-tissue preservation.[5]
The town's name-change from Grahamstown to Makhanda was officially gazetted on 29 June 2018.[6][7] The town was officially renamed to Makhanda in memory of Xhosa warrior and prophet Makhanda ka Nxele.[8]
- ^ Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A" (PDF). The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503.
- ^ a b c d Sum of the Main Places Rhini and Grahamstown from Census 2011.
- ^ "DISA - Letter from the Town Clerk of the City of Grahamstown to the Secretary of the National Council of African Women". disa.ukzn.ac.za. 26 September 1952. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Grahamstown population". World Population Review. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Gess, Robert W. (2002). "The Palaeoecology of a coastal Lagoon of the Witpoort Formation (Upper Devonian, Famennian) in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa". Fort Hare University, South Africa. 1: 1–14.
- ^ Chabalala, Jeanette (29 June 2018). "Grahamstown to be renamed Makhanda after Xhosa warrior". News24. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Kubheka, Thando. "Grahamstown to be renamed after late Xhosa warrior & philosopher Makhanda". EWN Eyewitness News. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "Here's why Grahamstown has been renamed Makhanda". IOL. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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