Calderwood, South Africa

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
32°51′25″S 26°43′43″E / 32.856885°S 26.728540°E / -32.856885; 26.728540CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeDistrictAmatholeMunicipalityRaymond MhlabaArea • Total0.24 km2 (0.09 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total197 • Density820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African100.0%First languages (2011) • Xhosa94.4% • English3.6% • Sotho1.0% • Other1.0%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Calderwood is a village in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Settlement some 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south-east of Fort Beaufort and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south-west of Alice. It was named after Henry Calderwood[2] of the London Missionary Society, author of Caffres and Caffre Missions.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Calderwood". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names". Human Science Research Council. p. 104.
  3. ^ Calderwood, Henry (1858). Caffres and Caffre Missions. London: J. Nisbet.


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