Burnshill

Burnshill
Burnshill

 Burnshill shown within South Africa

Coordinates: 32°46′05″S 27°03′26″E / 32.768°S 27.0571°ECoordinates: 32°46′05″S 27°03′26″E / 32.768°S 27.0571°E
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Municipality Amahlathi
Area[1]
 • Total 2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 693
 • Density 330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 99.7%
 • Other 0.3%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Xhosa 98.8%
 • Other 1.2%
PO box 5688

Burnshill is a town in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Former mission station of the Glasgow Missionary Society, established at the foot of the Amatole Mountains in 1831. Named after the Reverend John Burns, minister of the Barony Church, Glasgow, one of the founders of the society. It was destroyed in 1851.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Main Place Burnshill". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 101.