Canzibe

Canzibe is a village of 1,000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated near the R61 road from Port St. Johns to Mthatha in the Nyandeni Local Municipality, which is part of the OR Tambo District Municipality. As a small village it features some primary schools and a hospital, the Canzibe Hospital.[2]

Canzibe
Canzibe
Canzibe
Coordinates: 31°48′30″S 29°04′00″E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictO.R.Tambo
MunicipalityNyandeni
Area
 • Total1.29 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total1,005
 • Density780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.0%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White0.5%
 • Other0.2%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa93.5%
 • English1.9%
 • Zulu1.7%
 • Other2.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
5144
PO box
5144
Area code047

Economy

Canzibe is part of one of the poorest areas of South Africa. Unemployment in 2008 was at 92%.[3]

Tourism

Near Canzibe is the Hluleka Nature Reserve and Hluleka Beach (24 km away), as well as Presely Bay (18 km).[4]

gollark: The microfloofs are of cource secretly chickens.
gollark: 88 people? Madness.
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gollark: The gusties are so blue. I like them already.
gollark: ... how do you know that they're dimorphic already?

References
  1. "Main Place Canzibe". Census 2011.
  2. Eastern Cape Dept of Health official website
  3. W.K. Kellogg Foundation Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Nyandeni Local Municipality
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