Macleantown

Macleantown
Macleantown
Macleantown
Macleantown

 Macleantown shown within Eastern Cape

Coordinates: 32°47′24″S 27°44′38″E / 32.790°S 27.744°E / -32.790; 27.744Coordinates: 32°47′24″S 27°44′38″E / 32.790°S 27.744°E / -32.790; 27.744
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
Municipality Buffalo City
Area[1]
  Total 9.94 km2 (3.84 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 580
  Density 58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
  Black African 85.5%
  Coloured 0.3%
  Indian/Asian 0.3%
  White 13.6%
  Other 0.2%
First languages (2011)[1]
  Xhosa 77.6%
  English 15.2%
  Afrikaans 4.3%
  Other 2.9%
PO box 5280
Area code 043

Macleantown is a town in Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Village 34 km north-west of East London and 46 km south-east of Stutterheim. Named in April 1881 after Colonel John Maclean (1810-1874), Chief Commissioner of British Caffraria from 1852 and Lieutenant-Governor of that territory from 1860.[2]

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