Hobeni is a village in Mbhashe Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Hobeni | |
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![]() The Ikhaya Loxolo compound in Hobeni district | |
Coordinates: 32°11′10″S 28°52′48″E / 32.186°S 28.880°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Amathole |
Municipality | Mbhashe |
Area | |
• Total | 3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 232 |
• Density | 75/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 97.8% |
• White | 2.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 93.1% |
• English | 4.3% |
• Afrikaans | 1.3% |
• Other | 1.3% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Ikhaya Loxolo, a community and farm for people with special needs, is located near the village.[2]
Notable people
edit- Donald Woods, journalist and anti-apartheid activist
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Main Place Hobeni". Census 2011.
- ^ "'Home of Peace' Works to Save Mentally Ill in South Africa". Voice of America. Retrieved 28 August 2013.