Idutywa

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Location of Idutywa in South Africa, portion highlighted in green is Eastern Cape of South Africa.

Idutywa is a town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, formerly part of the Transkei bantustan. It is the birthplace of Thabo Mbeki, who became President of South Africa in 1999.[1] It is 35 kilometres north of Gcuwa (formerly known as Butterworth) on the N2 road.[2] Idutywa is in the Mbhashe Local Municipality and the Amatole District Municipality.[3]

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The town was founded in 1858 as a military fort after a dispute between a KwaZulu-Natal raiding party and local people.[4] The name means "place of disorder" in the Xhosa language.[4][5] The settlement was laid out in 1884 and was made a municipality in 1913. [5]

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Coordinates: 32°06′S 28°18′E / 32.1°S 28.3°E / -32.1; 28.3