Ngqeleni

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
31°40′12″S 29°01′41″E / 31.670°S 29.028°E / -31.670; 29.028CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeDistrictO.R. TamboMunicipalityNyandeniArea • 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]

References

  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.


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