Ngqeleni

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
 • Total2.28 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,629
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,000/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]

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Ngqeleni". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 335.