Mvezo

Mvezo
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Coordinates: 31°57′00″S 28°30′58″E / 31.95°S 28.516°E / -31.95; 28.516
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	OR Tambo
Municipality	King Sabata Dalindyebo
Government
• Inkosi	Mandla Mandela MP
Area [1]
• Total	2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	810
• Density	380/km2 (980/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	100.0%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	98.3%
• Other	1.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Mvezo is a small village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The village is mainly known as being the birthplace of Nelson Mandela, whose family serves as its chiefly dynasty, and the location of the Nelson Mandela Birthplace Museum.