Libode

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FieldValue
nameLibode
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coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameSouth Africa
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Eastern Cape
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2O.R. Tambo
subdivision_type3Municipality
subdivision_name3Nyandeni
subdivision_type4Main Place
established_titleEstablished
leader_titleCouncillor
area_footnotes
area_total_km23.93
elevation_m770
population_footnotes
population_total4560
population_as_of2011
population_density_km2auto
demographics_type1
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Black African
demographics1_info198.9%
demographics1_title2Coloured
demographics1_info21.0%
demographics1_title3Indian/Asian
demographics1_info30.2%
demographics1_title4White
demographics1_title5Other
demographics1_info5
demographics_type2First languages (2011)
demographics2_footnotes
demographics2_title1isiXhosa
demographics2_info192.3%
demographics2_title2English
demographics2_info22.7%
demographics2_title5Other
demographics2_info55.0%
timezone1
utc_offset1+2
postal_code_typePostal code (street)
postal_code5160
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| name = Libode | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Eastern Cape | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = O.R. Tambo | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Nyandeni | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 3.93 | elevation_m = 770 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 4560 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 98.9% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 1.0% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = 0.2% | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = | demographics_type2 = First languages (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = | demographics2_title1 = isiXhosa | demographics2_info1 = 92.3% | demographics2_title2 = English | demographics2_info2 = 2.7% | demographics2_title3 = | demographics2_info3 = | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 5.0% | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = 5160 | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 5160 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 047 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.

In 1935 some land in the area of Libode was annexed by the Government of the Union of South Africa and the then Transkei government to develop the town of Libode and expand it. It was declared a Village Management area. Further land was dispossessed when the government implemented the Native Trust and Land Act of 1936. This was the subject of a successful land claim in 2009.

In 1940, some Catholic nuns from the Motherhouse St. Ursula in Brig, Switzerland were sent to Libode, which is currently the Ursuline group's main station in the region. Today they still run a multi-racial boarding-school.

On 15 December 1998 the City of Umtata was struck by a violent hail and thunderstorm that developed two tornado funnels that wreaked havoc across the city and surrounding rural areas. The tornado left 18 people dead, at least 184 injured and damage to property estimated at many millions of Rands. ... President Mandela declared the Libode Magisterial district to be a disaster area in terms of the Fund Raising Act 1978.

Nelson Mandela opened Mngazi School in Libode in 2002.

Tourism

Near Libode is the Hluleka Nature Reserve and Hluleka Beach (60 km away), as well as Presely Bay (68 km).

References

References

  1. "Main Place Libode". Census 2011.
  2. link. (2014-03-30)
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027055104/http://www.geocities.com/haigariep/TkeiE.html Armoria patriae - Republic of Transkei]
  4. link. (2009-04-17 ''Daily Dispatch Online''. April 14, 2009. Retrieved 10-21-2009.)
  5. "Mount Nicholas | Libode Google Satellite Map".
  6. "South African Government | Let's grow South Africa together".
  7. [http://www.news24.com/News24/Archive/0,,2-1659_1156235,00.html] {{webarchive. link. (2004-08-20)
  8. [http://www.nyandenilm.gov.za/ Nyandeni Local Municipality]

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