Lusikisiki

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Lusikisiki
Lusikisiki (South Africa)
Lusikisiki
Lusikisiki
Coordinates 31 ° 22 ′  S , 29 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 31 ° 22 ′  S , 29 ° 34 ′  E
Basic data
Country South Africa

province

Eastern Cape
District OR Tambo
ISO 3166-2 ZA-EC
local community Ingquza Hill
height 589 m
Residents 9079 (2011)
founding 1894

Lusikisiki is a place in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa . It is located in the Ingquza Hill parish in the OR Tambo district . According to the 2011 census, around 4,028 people live here.

geography

The place is 45 kilometers north of Port St. Johns in the historic East Pondoland area . The region is hilly.

history

Lusikisiki emerged from a military base established in 1894. There has been an administration there since 1932. The name is onomatopoeic and denotes the rustling of reeds in the wind.

Lusikisiki was the capital of Pondoland and one of the seats of the AmaMpondo kingdom. King Faku, founder of the modern AmaMpondo kingdom, was born there. In 1830 he set up the first mission station in Pondoland. On June 6, 1960, eleven residents were killed by government officials in the Ngquza Hill massacre. Subsequently, Lusikisiki was a center of resistance against apartheid , which was led there by the Non European Unity Movement . In 1963, despite resistance, the area became part of the Transkei , which was reintegrated into South Africa in 1994. At Lusikisiki, guerrillas of the Lesotho Liberation Army were trained by the US mercenary Robert MacKenzie for terrorist attacks in Lesotho in the 1980s .

Infrastructure

There are several hospitals and the Ngqungqushe Technical College in the town. There is an airfield outside the town ( ICAO code FALK ). The R61 runs through the town in a north-south direction. With the planned relocation of the N2 , Lusikisiki is to be connected to the national road network.

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 22, 2013
  2. ↑ Information from routes.co.za ( memento of the original from August 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed July 2, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.routes.co.za
  3. ^ Report on the 51st anniversary , accessed on July 2, 2012