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Also known as Centane, Kentane

Centane, or alternatively anglicised Kentane or Kentani because Europeans often cannot easily pronounce the Xhosa click 'C'; is a settlement in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at approximately from Butterworth.

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Centane, or alternatively anglicised Kentane or Kentani because Europeans often cannot easily pronounce the Xhosa click 'C'; is a settlement in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at approximately from Butterworth.

== History == Centane was the site of the battle of Centane on 7 February 1878 during the ninth Frontier War or 'Imfazwe ka Ngcayechibi', where more than 300 Xhosa warriors were killed for the loss of only two British soldiers and 8 Mfengu warriors.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kentani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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