Hertzog, Eastern Cape

Hertzog
Hertzog

 Hertzog shown within South Africa

Coordinates: 32°34′41″S 26°42′50″E / 32.578°S 26.714°ECoordinates: 32°34′41″S 26°42′50″E / 32.578°S 26.714°E
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Municipality Nkonkobe
Area[1]
  Total 1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 323
  Density 280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 100.0%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Xhosa 98.1%
  English 1.2%
  Other 0.6%

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

Village in the Kat River Valley, 7 km south-west of Seymour and some 27 km north-east of Fort Beaufort. Originally named Tamboekievlei, it received its present name in 1837, after Willem Frederik Hertzog (1792–1847), Assistant Surveyor-General of the Cape Colony from 1828 and surveyor of the Kat River Settlement.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Main Place Hertzog". Census 2011.
  2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 208.