Bizana
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 51 '28 " S , 29 ° 51' 14" E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
| Eastern Cape | |||
| District | Alfred Nzo | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | ||
| local community | Mbizana | ||
| height | 827 m | ||
| surface | 24.1 km² | ||
| Residents | 7974 (2011) | ||
| density | 330.5 Ew. / km² | ||
Bizana is a town in the province of Eastern Cape (Eastern Cape) in South Africa . It is the administrative seat of the municipality of Mbizana in the Alfred Nzo district .
geography
The place belongs to the Pondoland region . In 2011 Bizana had 7,974 inhabitants. Immediately to the west of the village is a 970 meter high mountain.
history
Bizana ( isiXhosa ; German roughly "small pot") belonged to Transkei until 1994 , when the homeland became part of the Eastern Cape Province. The politicians of the African National Congress Oliver Reginald Tambo and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela were born near Bizana.
Economy, infrastructure and transport
The place has a rural structure. St. Patrick's Hospital is in Bizana . Bizana is on the R61 , which connects Flagstaff in the southwest with Port Edward in the southeast.
Web links
- Portrait at sahistory.org.za (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed July 12, 2017
- ^ Community names South Africa ( Memento from August 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) (English)