Seymour, South Africa

Seymour
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Coordinates: 32°33′00″S26°45′58″E / 32.55°S 26.766°E / -32.55; 26.766
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Municipality	Raymond Mhlaba
Area [1]
• Total	2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Elevation	800 m (2,600 ft)
Population  (2011) [1]
• Total	2,467
• Density	950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
•  Black African	97.8%
•  Coloured	1.7%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
•  Xhosa	95.9%
•  Afrikaans	1.8%
• Other	2.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	5750
Area code	040

Seymour is a town in Amatole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The town is on the Katrivier Dam, 160 km north-west of East London and 35 km north-north-west of Alice. It was founded in 1853 and named after Colonel Charles Seymour who served as Military Secretary to the Governor, Sir George Cathcart. ^[2] The town is in the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality.

Notable people

Waterlily sugarbush ( Protea subvestita ) in the Elandsberg, near Seymour

References

1. "Main Place Seymour". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 401.