Cedarville | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -30.3881°N 29.0411°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Cape |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Alfred Nzo |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Matatiele |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 12.40 |
Population Total: | 4412 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 93.0% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 4.5% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.2% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 1.8% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.4% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Xhosa |
Demographics2 Info1: | 78.1% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Sotho |
Demographics2 Info2: | 6.3% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info3: | 5.8% |
Demographics2 Title4: | English |
Demographics2 Info4: | 5.0% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 4.8% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 4730 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 4720 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 039 |
Cedarville is a town in the Alfred Nzo District Municipality of Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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.