Tlokoeng | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -30.692°N 28.503°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Cape |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Joe Gqabi |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Elundini |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 9.23 |
Population Total: | 11488 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 99.0% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 0.1% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.3% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.5% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Hlubi |
Demographics2 Info1: | 70.5% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Sotho |
Demographics2 Info2: | 32.2% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Xhosa |
Demographics2 Info3: | 5.9% |
Demographics2 Title4: | English |
Demographics2 Info4: | 1.8% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 3.6% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 4770 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 039 |
Tlokoeng, formally Mount Fletcher, 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.[2]
In 2022, the town was officially renamed Tlokoeng, which "means place of the Tlokoa clan" in Sesotho. [3] The provincial hospital in Tlokoeng is named Tayler Bequest.[4]