Swartkops

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa

33°52′31″S 25°36′17″E / 33.8752°S 25.6048°E / -33.8752; 25.6048CountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapeMunicipalityNelson Mandela BayMain PlacePort ElizabethArea

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• Total0.59 km² (0.23 sq mi)Population

(2011)^[1]

• Total883 • Density1,500/km² (3,900/sq mi)Racial makeup (2011)

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• Black African21.7% • Coloured6.5% • Indian/Asian0.9% • White70.9%First languages (2011)

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• Afrikaans60.7% • English26.2% • Xhosa10.3% • Sotho1.7% • Other1.1%Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)Postal code (street)

6210

PO box

6209

Area code041

Swartkops is a village in Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The location is on the Swartkops River, 11 km north of Port Elizabeth and 1,6 km from the Indian Ocean. Swartkops means "black hills" in Afrikaans, and the name is said to refer to surrounding hillocks crested with dark shadows.^[2]

A railway junction was built here by the Cape Government Railways in 1872, to service the lines being constructed to Makhanda and Alicedale in the east, Port Elizabeth to the south, and Uitenhage to the west.^[3]

Transport

Roads

The main route through Swartkops is Grahamstown Road (R102 regional route) which leads southwards to Deal Party and Port Elizabeth and northwards to Motherwell and Markman.

The M17 route, named Dibanisa Road, passes Swartkops to the west running northwards to Markman and southwards to iBhayi. The M19 route, named Trunk Road, passes Swartkops to the south running westwards to Redhouse, Perseverance, Despatch and Uitenhage.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sub Place Swartkops". Census 2011.
^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 424.
^ Burman, Jose (1984), Early Railways at the Cape, Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. ISBN 0-7981-1760-5.