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Indwe

Indwe is a small town in Chris Hani District Municipality near Dordrecht in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Settlement.name: Indwe
Settlement.image_skyline: Indwe Gereformeerde kerk.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Reformed Church in Indwe
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Eastern Cape
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Chris Hani
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Emalahleni
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 20.8
Settlement.population_total: 7934
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011

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Indwe is a small town in Chris Hani District Municipality near Dordrecht in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The town is situated between Dordrecht and Elliot on the R56 road. It was founded in 1896 as a centre for coal-mining activities which started in 1867, and attained municipal status in 1898. It takes its name from the Indwe River, named after the blue crane (Anthropoides paradiseus, Xhosa: iNdwe), which occurred there in great numbers. Indwe is a small town surrounded by a number of farms with a large number of merino sheep and cattle ranchers in the region.