Mount Fletcher

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa

30°41′31″S 28°30′11″E / 30.692°S 28.503°E / -30.692; 28.503CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeDistrictJoe GqabiMunicipalityElundiniArea

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• Total9.23 km² (3.56 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total11,488 • Density1,200/km² (3,200/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011)

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• Black African99.0% • Coloured0.1% • Indian/Asian0.3% • Other0.5%First languages (2011)

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• Hlubi70.5% • Sotho32.2% • Xhosa5.9% • English1.8% • Other3.6%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)PO box

4770

Area code039

Tlokoeng, formally Mount Fletcher, is a town in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, 69 km north-north-east of Maclear.

Founded in 1882, Mount Fletcher takes its name from the mountain nearby. This was probably named after the Reverend John Fletcher of Madeley in England, a friend of John Wesley, although it is stated to have been named after a Captain Fletcher who was stationed there.^[2]

In 2022, the town was officially renamed Tlokoeng, which "means place of the Tlokoa clan" in Sesotho. ^[3] The provincial hospital in Tlokoeng is named Tayler Bequest.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Main Place Mount Fletcher". Census 2011.
^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 318.
^ HALLEBACH, Peter. "travelnews.africa - South Africa has renamed 17 locations in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga". travelnews.africa. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
^ "Eastern Cape Department of Health - HOSPITALS & HEALTHCARE - Tayler Bequest Hospital". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Eastern Cape Dept of Health website