Herschel (South Africa)
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Coordinates | 30 ° 37 ′ S , 27 ° 10 ′ E | |
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Country | South Africa | |
Eastern Cape | ||
District | Joe Gqabi | |
ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | |
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
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 22, 2013
- ↑ Herschel in the Notable Names Database (English)