Middelburg | |
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 Middelburg railway station | |
  Middelburg  Middelburg  Middelburg | |
| Coordinates: 31°29′38″S 25°1′2″E / 31.49389°S 25.01722°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Chris Hani |
| Municipality | Inxuba Yethemba |
| Established | 1852[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.76 km2 (17.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 18,681 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 49.2% |
| • Coloured | 43.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 6.2% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 52.3% |
| • Xhosa | 43.6% |
| • English | 1.9% |
| • Other | 2.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 5900 |
| PO box | 5900 |
Middelburg (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈmədəlbœrχ]) is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, in the Great Karoo. It lies in the Upper Karoo, 1,279 m above sea level, with a population of 19,000.[3] It falls under the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, in the Chris Hani District Municipality.
- ^ 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 "Main Place Middelburg". Census 2011.
- ^ travel-informed.co.za Archived 2009-08-07 at the Wayback Machine