Mount Fletcher

Mount Fletcher, officially Tlokoeng, is a town in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, 69 km north-north-east of Maclear.

Mount Fletcher
Tlokoeng
Mount Fletcher is located in Eastern Cape
Mount Fletcher
Mount Fletcher
Mount Fletcher is located in South Africa
Mount Fletcher
Mount Fletcher
Coordinates: 30.692°S 28.503°E / -30.692; 28.503
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictJoe Gqabi
MunicipalityElundini
Area
[1]
 • Total9.23 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total11,488
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African99.0%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • Other0.5%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Hlubi70.5%
 • Sotho32.2%
 • Xhosa5.9%
 • English1.8%
 • Other3.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
4770
Area code039

Founded in 1882, Mount Fletcher takes its name from the mountain nearby. This was probably named after the Reverend John Fletcher of Madeley in England, a friend of John Wesley, although it is stated to have been named after a Captain Fletcher who was stationed there.[2]

In 2022, the town was officially renamed Tlokoeng which "means place of the Tlokoa clan" in Sesotho. [3] The provincial hospital in Tlokoeng is named Tayler Bequest.[4]

References
  1. "Main Place Mount Fletcher". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 318.
  3. HALLEBACH, Peter. "travelnews.africa - South Africa has renamed 17 locations in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga". travelnews.africa. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  4. "Eastern Cape Department of Health - HOSPITALS & HEALTHCARE - Tayler Bequest Hospital". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Eastern Cape Dept of Health website


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