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Cathcart, South Africa
Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cathcart is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, named after Sir George Cathcart, governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 1852–1853. The town is situated on the N6, 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of Stutterheim en route to Komani. It is the Biltong capital of South Africa.
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Cathcart | |
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![]() Main street in Cathcart | |
Coordinates: 32°18′S 27°08′E | |
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Province | ![]() |
District | Amathole |
Municipality | Amahlathi |
Established | 1858[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 30.1 km2 (11.6 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 7,360 |
• Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 93.4% |
• Coloured | 2.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 4.3% |
• Other | 0.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• IsiXhosa | 90.6% |
• English | 4.5% |
• Afrikaans | 3.1% |
• Other | 1.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 5310 |
PO box | 5310 |
Area code | 045 |
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