Tentergate

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
32°05′24″S 26°27′40″E / 32.090°S 26.461°E / -32.090; 26.461CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeDistrictChris HaniMunicipalityEnoch MgijimaArea • Total6.08 km2 (2.35 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total5,187 • Density850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African99.3% • Coloured0.2% • Indian/Asian0.1% • Other0.4%First languages (2011) • Xhosa94.5% • English1.2% • Other4.3%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Tentergate is a town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Tentergate was established in 1976, as a relocation camp for the people who fled Herschel ahead of its incorporation into an independent Transkei.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Tentergate". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Headman Thembilizwe Dywasha Assassination Site". Liberation Heritage Route South Africa. Retrieved 29 August 2014.


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