Whittlesea (South Africa)
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 11 ′ S , 26 ° 49 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | South Africa | ||
| Eastern Cape | |||
| District | Chris Hani | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | ||
| local community | Enoch Mgijima | ||
| height | 1094 m | ||
| Residents | 14,756 (2011) | ||
Whittlesea (formerly: Bulhoek or Bullhoek ) is a place in the South African province of Eastern Cape . He belongs to the Enoch Mgijima Ward in Chris Hani District . In 2011 it had 14,756 inhabitants. It lies at an altitude of 1,094 meters above sea level and is located around 30 kilometers south of Queenstown .
The place was the scene of the 1921 Bulhoek massacre with 169 dead, followers of the prophet Enoch Josiah Mgijima and his Israelite movement ( The Israelites ), which emerged from missionary Christianity .
literature
- Katesa Schlosser : Prophets in Africa. Limbach, Braunschweig 1949 ( Research on cultural history, Vol. 3).
Web links
- Enoch Josiah Mgijima (English)
- Enoch Mgijima, and Israel, and the background of Bullhoek massacre (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed December 12, 2013
- ↑ Data on Whittlesea from Falling Rain Genomics, accessed August 14, 2011.
- ↑ Description of the events ( Memento of January 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)