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Buntingville, South Africa

Coordinates: 31°38′20″S 28°52′08″E / 31.639°S 28.869°E / -31.639; 28.869
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Buntingville
Buntingville is located in Eastern Cape
Buntingville
Buntingville
Buntingville is located in South Africa
Buntingville
Buntingville
Coordinates: 31°38′20″S 28°52′08″E / 31.639°S 28.869°E / -31.639; 28.869
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictOR Tambo
MunicipalityNyandeni
Government
 • CouncillorMbumbulwana
Area
 • Total
3.44 km2 (1.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
1,090
 • Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.8%
 • Coloured0.1%
 • Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa98.3%
 • Other1.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
5115

Buntingville is a Methodist mission station 15 km south-east of Mthatha. Originally established by the Reverend W B Boyce in 1830 as Old Bunting near the village of the Pondo chief Faku at the headwaters of the Umngazana River, it was transferred about 1865. Named after Dr Jabez Bunting (1779-1858), the English Wesleyan church leader.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Buntingville". Census 2011.
  2. ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 99. Retrieved 28 August 2013.