Seymour, South Africa

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
32°33′00″S 26°45′58″E / 32.55°S 26.766°E / -32.55; 26.766CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeDistrictAmatholeMunicipalityRaymond MhlabaArea • Total2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)Elevation
800 m (2,600 ft)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,467 • Density950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African97.8% • Coloured1.7% • Other0.5%First languages (2011) • Xhosa95.9% • Afrikaans1.8% • Other2.3%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)PO box
5750
Area code040

Seymour is a town in Amatole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The town is on the Katrivier Dam, 160 km north-west of East London and 35 km north-north-west of Alice. It was founded in 1853 and named after Colonel Charles Seymour who served as Military Secretary to the Governor, Sir George Cathcart.[2] The town is in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality.

Waterlily sugarbush (Protea subvestita) in the Elandsberg, near Seymour

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Seymour". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 401.


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