Mhlangeni

Mhlangeni, also known as Hertzog, is a settlement in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Mhlangeni Hertzog
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Coordinates: 32.578°S 26.714°E / -32.578; 26.714
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Municipality	Raymond Mhlaba
Area [1]
• Total	1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	323
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	100.0%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	98.1%
• English	1.2%
• Other	0.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Village in the Kat River Valley, 7 km south-west of Seymour and some 27 km north-east of Fort Beaufort. Originally named Tamboekievlei, then in 1837, named after Willem Frederik Hertzog (1792–1847), Assistant Surveyor-General of the Cape Colony from 1828 and surveyor of the Kat River Settlement.^[2] It is now known as Mhlangeni.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Main Place Mhlangeni". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 208.