Calderwood, South Africa

Calderwood is a village in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Calderwood
Calderwood is located in Eastern Cape
Calderwood
Calderwood
Calderwood is located in South Africa
Calderwood
Calderwood
Coordinates: 32°51′25″S 26°43′43″E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictAmathole
MunicipalityRaymond Mhlaba
Area
  Total0.24 km2 (0.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total197
  Density820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African100.0%
First languages (2011)
  Xhosa94.4%
  English3.6%
  Sotho1.0%
  Other1.0%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Settlement some 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-east of Fort Beaufort and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south-west of Alice. It was named after Henry Calderwood[2] of the London Missionary Society, author of Caffres and Caffre Missions.[3]

References

  1. "Main Place Calderwood". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names". Human Science Research Council. p. 104.
  3. Calderwood, Henry (1858). Caffres and Caffre Missions. London: J. Nisbet.


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