Ngcobo (South Africa)

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Ngcobo
Ngcobo (South Africa)
Ngcobo
Ngcobo
Coordinates 31 ° 41 ′  S , 28 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 31 ° 41 ′  S , 28 ° 0 ′  E
Basic data
Country South Africa

province

Eastern Cape
District Chris Hani
ISO 3166-2 ZA-EC
local community Engcobo
height 930 m
Residents 9835 (2011)
founding 1876

Ngcobo [ ˈŋǀʱɔːbɔː ] (until 2004 Engcobo ) is a city in the South African province of Eastern Cape . It is located in the Chris Hani district in Engcobo parish , of which it is the administrative seat.

geography

Ngcobo has 9,835 inhabitants (2011 census). Most residents speak isiXhosa as their first language .

history

On November 1, 1859 the All Saints' Day , met the head of the amaQwathi, Fubu, to missionaries of the Anglican Association Society of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. As a result, was mission station All Saints Mission founded. In 1876 a magistrate's seat was laid out eight kilometers from the mission station in Engcobo (isiXhosa; German, for example: "Sweet grass"). In 1879 the amaQwathi rebelled and burned down the mission station and magistrate building. In 1881 the town hall was reopened.

Near engcobo local municipality was the boarding school Clarkebury Boarding Institute, which was attended by Thembu boys, including from 1936 to 1937 of Nelson Mandela . Until 1994 Engcobo belonged to the Homeland Transkei . In 2004 the place was renamed Ngcobo .

On February 21, 2018, five police officers and one former soldier were shot dead at the local police station. Police shot seven suspects three days later.

Economy and Transport

All Saints Hospital is located in Ngcobo .

Ngcobo is on the R81 trunk road from Mthatha near Queenstown . In Ngcobo the R58 branches off towards Aliwal North .

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 Population Census , accessed December 30, 2013
  2. ^ Meaning of the parish names in South Africa , accessed on April 4, 2013
  3. ↑ Cops shoot and kill 7 suspects linked to Ngcobo Poolice Station killings. ewn.co.za on February 25, 2018, accessed on February 25, 2018
  4. ↑ List of hospitals in the Eastern Cape Province ( memento of March 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 4, 2013