Indwe
Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indwe is a small town in Chris Hani District Municipality near Dordrecht in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
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Indwe | |
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Coordinates: 31.466°S 27.333°E / -31.466; 27.333 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Chris Hani |
Municipality | Emalahleni |
Area | |
• Total | 20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 20,000 |
• Density | 960/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 95.7% |
• Coloured | 3.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 0.8% |
• Other | 0.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 91.8% |
• Afrikaans | 3.6% |
• English | 1.8% |
• Other | 2.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 5445 |
PO box | 5445 |
Area code | 045 |
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The town is situated between Dordrecht and Elliot on the R56 road. It was founded in 1896 as a centre for coal-mining activities which started in 1867, and attained municipal status in 1898. It takes its name from the Indwe River, named after the blue crane (Anthropoides paradiseus, Xhosa: iNdwe), which occurred there in great numbers.[2] Indwe is a small town surrounded by a number of farms with a large number of merino sheep and cattle ranchers in the region.