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Sterkstroom
Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sterkstroom is a settlement in Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality of the Chris Hani District in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
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Sterkstroom | |
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Coordinates: 31°34′S 26°33′E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Chris Hani |
Municipality | Enoch Mgijima |
Established | 1875[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 21.1 km2 (8.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,355 m (4,446 ft) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 7,165 |
• Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 92.6% |
• Coloured | 2.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.2% |
• White | 4.2% |
• Other | 0.5% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 89.6% |
• Afrikaans | 6.1% |
• English | 2.0% |
• Other | 2.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 5425 |
PO box | 5425 |
Area code | 045 |
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The village is on the Hex River, at the southern foot of the Stormberg, 272 km north-west of East London. It was founded in 1875 and became a municipality in 1878. Afrikaans for ‘strong current or stream’, the name refers to the Hex River.[3]