Clarkson, Eastern Cape

Clarkson
Clarkson
Clarkson
Clarkson

 Clarkson shown within Eastern Cape

Coordinates: 34°00′36″S 24°20′28″E / 34.010°S 24.341°E / -34.010; 24.341Coordinates: 34°00′36″S 24°20′28″E / 34.010°S 24.341°E / -34.010; 24.341
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Sarah Baartman
Municipality Kou-Kamma
Area[1]
 • Total 2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 1,824
 • Density 800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 40.3%
 • Coloured 58.4%
 • Indian/Asian 0.1%
 • White 0.2%
 • Other 1.0%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Afrikaans 63.3%
 • Xhosa 33.3%
 • Sotho 1.4%
 • English 1.2%
 • Other 0.9%
PO box 6302
Area code 042

Clarkson is a town in Kou-Kamma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Moravian Mission village in the former Humansdorp district, 26 km south-east of Assegaaibos station and 60 km west of Humansdorp. It was established by Bishop H P Halbeck in 1839 and named after Thomas Clarkson who helped abolish the slave-trade.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Clarkson". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 118. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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