Herschel (South Africa)

Herschel
Herschel
Coordinates	30 ° 37 ′  S , 27 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 37 ′  S , 27 ° 10 ′  E
Basic data
Country	South Africa
province	Eastern Cape
District	Joe Gqabi
local community	Senqu
height	1603 m
Residents	2189 (2011)
founding	1879

Herschel is a village in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa . It is located in Senqu Township in Joe Gqabi District .

The place is 19 kilometers north of Lady Gray , east of Aliwal North and near the border with Lesotho . In 2011 it had 2,189 inhabitants. It was founded in 1879 and named after the astronomer Sir John Herschel , who lived in the Cape Colony from 1834 to 1838 . Until 1994 it was in an exclave of the nominally independent homeland Transkei .

Herschel is on the R392 road that connects Lady Gray with Sterkspruit .

Personalities

• Zakes Mda (* 1948), South African author and playwright, was born in Herschel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 22, 2013
2. ↑ Herschel in the Notable Names Database (English)