Cedarville, Eastern Cape

Cedarville is a town in the Alfred Nzo District Municipality of Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Cedarville
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Coordinates: 30°23′17″S 29°2′28″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Alfred Nzo
Municipality	Matatiele
Area [1]
• Total	12.40 km^2 (4.79 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,412
• Density	360/km^2 (920/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	93.0%
• Coloured	4.5%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	1.8%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	78.1%
• Sotho	6.3%
• Afrikaans	5.8%
• English	5.0%
• Other	4.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4730
PO box	4720
Area code	039

A village at the foot of the Cedarberg from which it gets its name from, it lies 48 km north-west of Kokstad and 278 km from Pietermaritzburg. In 1912 a village management board was established.[2] Cedarville was in Cape Province until in 1978 becoming part of Natal and then its successor KwaZulu-Natal, and in 2006 became part of Eastern Cape province.

References

1. "Main Place Cedarville". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 113.