Rhodes, South Africa
Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the small tourist village in South Africa. For other uses, see Rhodes (disambiguation).
Rhodes is a hamlet or small village alongside the wild trout rich Bell River, near Ben Macdhui (at 3001 m the highest mountain in the Cape region) in the Drakensberg mountains of the north Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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Rhodes | |
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Coordinates: 30°47′44″S 27°57′51″E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Joe Gqabi |
Municipality | Senqu |
Established | 1894 |
Area | |
• Total | 10.4 km2 (4.0 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,825 m (5,988 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 696 |
• Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 92.7% |
• White | 6.0% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• Coloured | 0.9% |
• Other | 0.0% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 82.1% |
• Sotho | 10.2% |
• Afrikaans | 3.5% |
• English | 2.7% |
• Other | 1.4% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 9787 |
PO box | 9787 |
Area code | 045 |
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