Mvezo

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Mvezo
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Mvezo
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Mvezo
Coordinates: 31°57′00″S28°30′58″E / 31.95°S 28.516°E / -31.95; 28.516 Coordinates: 31°57′00″S28°30′58″E / 31.95°S 28.516°E / -31.95; 28.516
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District OR Tambo
Municipality King Sabata Dalindyebo
Government
   Inkosi Mandla Mandela MP
Area
[1]
  Total2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total810
  Density380/km2 (980/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 100.0%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Xhosa 98.3%
  Other1.7%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)

Mvezo is a small village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The village is mainly known as being the birthplace of Nelson Mandela, whose family serves as its chiefly dynasty, and the location of the Nelson Mandela Birthplace Museum.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Mvezo". Census 2011.