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Libode
Sign in to saveLibode is a small town of 5000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the R61 road (future N2 Wild Coast Toll Route) from Port St Johns in the east to Mthatha in the west and serves as the administrative seat of the Nyandeni Local Municipality, which is part of the OR Tambo District Municipality. As a small infrastructural hub for the surrounding rural area, Libode features a community college and a hospital, the St Barnabas Hospital.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Libode
- 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
- O.R. Tambo
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Nyandeni
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- Main Place
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- Established
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- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.93
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 770
- Settlement.population_total
- 4560
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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- Area
- 3.93
- Elevation
- 770
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- postal code
- 5160
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Libode is a small town of 5000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the R61 road (future N2 Wild Coast Toll Route) from Port St Johns in the east to Mthatha in the west and serves as the administrative seat of the Nyandeni Local Municipality, which is part of the OR Tambo District Municipality. As a small infrastructural hub for the surrounding rural area, Libode features a community college and a hospital, the St Barnabas Hospital.
== History == Libode is situated in an area formerly known as Pondoland. Mpondoland was annexed to the Cape Colony in 1894. In 1903 the Transkeian Territories General Council was established, and in 1911 the district of Libode was incorporated into the council.
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