Cedarville, South Africa

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa

30°23′17″S 29°2′28″E / 30.38806°S 29.04111°E / -30.38806; 29.04111CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeDistrictAlfred NzoMunicipalityMatatieleArea

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• Total12.40 km² (4.79 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total4,412 • Density360/km² (920/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011)

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• Black African93.0% • Coloured4.5% • Indian/Asian0.2% • White1.8% • Other0.4%First languages (2011)

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• Xhosa78.1% • Sotho6.3% • Afrikaans5.8% • English5.0% • Other4.8%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Postal code (street)

4730

PO box

4720

Area code039

Cedarville is a town in the Alfred Nzo District Municipality of Eastern Cape, South Africa.

A village at the foot of the Cedarberg from which it gets its name from, it lies 48 km north-west of Kokstad and 278 km from Pietermaritzburg. In 1912 a village management board was established.^[2] Cedarville was in Cape Province until in 1978 becoming part of Natal and then its successor KwaZulu-Natal, and in 2006 became part of Eastern Cape province.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Main Place Cedarville". Census 2011.
^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 113.