Mvezo

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
31°57′00″S 28°30′58″E / 31.95°S 28.516°E / -31.95; 28.516CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeDistrictOR TamboMunicipalityKing Sabata DalindyeboGovernment
 • InkosiMandla Mandela MPArea • Total2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total810 • Density380/km2 (980/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African100.0%First languages (2011) • Xhosa98.3% • Other1.7%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Mvezo is a small village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The village is mainly known as being the birthplace of Nelson Mandela, whose family serves as its chiefly dynasty, and the location of the Nelson Mandela Birthplace Museum.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Mvezo". Census 2011.
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  • MusicBrainz area


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