Qunu

Qunu
Qunu Location in the Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 31°47′S 28°37′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	O.R.Tambo
Municipality	King Sabata Dalindyebo
Main Place	Sithebe
Area
• Total	1.65 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	213
• Density	129/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)

Nelson Mandela Museum - Information Centre at Qunu

Nelson Mandela's retirement home at Qunu

Qunu is a small rural village in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, 32 km (20 mi) south-west of Mthatha on the road between Butterworth and Mthatha.

Mvezo on Mbashe River is near where Nelson Mandela was born, and Qunu is where he grew up and later retired after leaving office as South Africa's President in 1999. It is the village to which Nelson Mandela's father relocated after being deposed as Mvezo chief. In his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela describes Qunu as where he spent the happiest moments of his childhood.

See also

• Mandela Museum

External links

• More about the Nelson Mandela Museum at Qunu