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Healdtown

Healdtown
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Healdtown is located in Eastern Cape
Healdtown
Healdtown
Healdtown is located in South Africa
Healdtown
Healdtown
Healdtown is located in Africa
Healdtown
Healdtown
 Healdtown shown within Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°44′0″S 26°42′15″E / 32.73333°S 26.70417°E / -32.73333; 26.70417Coordinates: 32°44′0″S 26°42′15″E / 32.73333°S 26.70417°E / -32.73333; 26.70417
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Municipality Raymond Mhlaba
Established 1853
Area
 • Total 0.76 km2 (0.29 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 332
 • Density 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African 100.0%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa 98.5%
 • Other 1.5%
PO box 5730
Area code 046

Healdtown is a small town located 10 km north-east of Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality in Amathole District in an area that was formerly part of the Ciskei. Nelson Mandela completed his schooling in Matric here.

Wesleyan Methodist mission station 10 km north-east of Fort Beaufort and 15 km north-west of Alice. Established in 1853 by minister John Ayliff and named after the treasurer of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, James Heald, who had contributed towards a training institution for teachers, founded there in 1867.


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