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 Jabez Bunting (1779–1858), the English Wesleyan church leader.[2]
Buntingville | |
|---|---|
  Buntingville  Buntingville | |
| Coordinates: 31°38′20″S 28°52′08″E / 31.639°S 28.869°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | OR Tambo |
| Municipality | Nyandeni |
| Government | |
| • Councillor | Mbumbulwana |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.44 km2 (1.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,090 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.8% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 98.3% |
| • Other | 1.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 5115 |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Buntingville". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 99. Retrieved 28 August 2013.