Tabankulu

Ntabankulu, alternatively rendered as Tabankulu, is a town in Alfred Nzo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Village some 30 km east-south-east of Mount Frere and 50 km south-south-west of Kokstad.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Ntabankulu
Settlement.other_name: Tabankulu
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Eastern Cape
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Alfred Nzo
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Ntabankulu
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 19.51
Settlement.population_total: 3266
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Country: South Africa
Located in: Ntabankulu Local Municipality
Capital of: Ntabankulu Local Municipality
Dialing code: 039

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postal code: 5130

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Encyclopedic overview

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References

==History== Of Xhosa origin, the name means 'large mountain'. Originating as a general store in 1894 owned by Blenkinsop and Meth while the village was laid out in 1909.

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