Calderwood, Eastern Cape

Calderwood
Calderwood

 Calderwood shown within Eastern Cape

Coordinates: 32°51′29″S 26°43′26″E / 32.858°S 26.724°E / -32.858; 26.724Coordinates: 32°51′29″S 26°43′26″E / 32.858°S 26.724°E / -32.858; 26.724
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Municipality Nkonkobe
Area[1]
 • Total 0.24 km2 (0.09 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 197
 • Density 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 100.0%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Xhosa 94.4%
 • English 3.6%
 • Sotho 1.0%
 • Other 1.0%

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Calderwood". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 104.


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