Mdantsane
Sign in to saveMdantsane is a South African urban township situated 15 km away from KuGompo City and 37 km away from Qonce in the Eastern Cape. It is the second largest township in Eastern Cape and 17th largest in the Top 20 largest townships in South Africa.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mdantsane
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Township
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Buffalo City
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- East London
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Mdantsane.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The township near KuGompo City, Eastern Cape
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1940
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 154576
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Racial makeup (2011)
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Black
- Settlement.demographics1_info1
- 70.1 %
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Establishment
- Township in independent Ciskei
- Egerton Massacre
- Today
- Demographics
- Entertainment
- Sports
- Art of Mdantsane
- Transport
- Famous residents
- References
- External links
Mdantsane is a South African urban township situated 15 km away from KuGompo City and 37 km away from Qonce in the Eastern Cape. It is the second largest township in Eastern Cape and 17th largest in the Top 20 largest townships in South Africa.
The name Mdantsane was derived from a stream that ran from the Nahoon River down to the Buffalo River. Some believe the stream was called Dontsane. Soon after the stream was named, a "white farm" which was at the entrance of Mdantsane (now known as Zone 1) was also named after the stream Dontsane or Umdanzani.