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Centane, or alternatively anglicised Kentane or Kentani because Europeans often cannot easily pronounce the Xhosa click 'C'; is a settlement in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at approximately from Butterworth.
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- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Mnquma Local Municipality
- Dialing code
- 047
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- postal code
- 4980
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Centane, or alternatively anglicised Kentane or Kentani because Europeans often cannot easily pronounce the Xhosa click 'C'; is a settlement in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at approximately from Butterworth.
== History == Centane was the site of the battle of Centane on 7 February 1878 during the ninth Frontier War or 'Imfazwe ka Ngcayechibi', where more than 300 Xhosa warriors were killed for the loss of only two British soldiers and 8 Mfengu warriors.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kentani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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