Ugie, Eastern Cape

Ugie is a town in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Ugie
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Coordinates: 31.2°S 28.25°E / -31.2; 28.25
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Joe Gqabi
Municipality	Elundini
Area [1]
• Total	19.11 km^2 (7.38 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	13,467
• Density	700/km^2 (1,800/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	94.3%
• Coloured	2.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	2.6%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	89.3%
• Afrikaans	4.6%
• English	2.3%
• Sotho	1.7%
• Other	2.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	5470
PO box	5470
Area code	+27 (0)45

Town at the southern foot of the Drakensberg, 18 km south-west of Maclear. It developed from a mission station at Gatberg, established in 1863 by William Murray and named Ugie by him, after the Ugie River in Scotland, where he was born. The town was founded in 1885, and in 1916 a village management board was instituted.[2]

References

1. "Main Place Ugie". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 443.