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Mount Fletcher

Tlokoeng
Mount Fletcher
Tlokoeng is located in Eastern Cape
Tlokoeng
Tlokoeng
Tlokoeng is located in South Africa
Tlokoeng
Tlokoeng
Coordinates: 30°41′31″S 28°30′11″E / 30.692°S 28.503°E / -30.692; 28.503
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictJoe Gqabi
MunicipalityElundini
Area
 • Total
9.23 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
11,488
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.0%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • Other0.5%
First languages (2011)
 • Hlubi70.5%
 • Sotho32.2%
 • Xhosa5.9%
 • English1.8%
 • Other3.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
4770
Area code039

Tlokoeng, formally Mount Fletcher,[2] is a town in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, 69 km north-north-east of Maclear.

Founded in 1882, Mount Fletcher takes its name from the mountain nearby. This was probably named after the Reverend John Fletcher of Madeley in England, a friend of John Wesley, although it is stated to have been named after a Captain Fletcher who was stationed there.[3]

In 2022, the town was officially renamed Tlokoeng, which "means place of the Tlokoa clan" in Sesotho. [4] The provincial hospital in Tlokoeng is named Tayler Bequest.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Mount Fletcher". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "85 towns hit with name changes in South Africa – and more are on the way". BusinessTech. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 318.
  4. ^ HALLEBACH, Peter. "travelnews.africa - South Africa has renamed 17 locations in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga". travelnews.africa. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Eastern Cape Department of Health - HOSPITALS & HEALTHCARE - Tayler Bequest Hospital". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Eastern Cape Dept of Health website

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