Bizana
Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Bizana?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Bizana is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality.
This article is about the town. For the municipality formerly known as the Bizana Local Municipality, see Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality.
Quick Facts Country, Province ...
Bizana | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 30.851°S 29.838°E / -30.851; 29.838 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Alfred Nzo |
Municipality | Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality |
Area | |
• Total | 24.13 km2 (9.32 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 7,974 |
• Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 98.5% |
• Coloured | 0.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 0.2% |
• Other | 0.4% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 90.3% |
• Zulu | 3.2% |
• English | 2.8% |
• Other | 3.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
PO box | 4800 |
Area code | 039 |
Close
Winnie Mandela, ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, was born here in 1936. Oliver Reginald Tambo (popularly known as OR Tambo which the international airport in Johannesburg is named after) was also born and grew up in this town. The town has many surrounding villages. Bizana has a provincial hospital, named Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Regional Hospital. There is also a hospital called Greenville hospital in the eTyeni area of Imizizi Administrative area.