Burnshill

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
32°46′05″S 27°03′26″E / 32.768°S 27.0571°E / -32.768; 27.0571CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeDistrictAmatholeMunicipalityAmahlathiArea • Total2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total693 • Density330/km2 (850/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011) • Black African99.7% • Other0.3%First languages (2011) • Xhosa98.8% • Other1.2%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)PO box
5688

Burnshill is a town in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Former mission station of the Glasgow Missionary Society, established at the foot of the Amathole Mountains in 1831. Named after John Burns, minister of the Barony Church, Glasgow, one of the founders of the society. It was destroyed in 1851.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Burnshill". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 101.


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