Buntingville, South Africa
Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Buntingville is a Methodist mission station 15 km south-east of Mthatha. Originally established by the Reverend W B Boyce in 1830 as Old Bunting near the village of the Pondo chief Faku at the headwaters of the Umngazana River, it was transferred about 1865. It was named after Jabez Bunting (1779–1858), the English Wesleyan church leader.[2]
Buntingville | |
|---|---|
  Buntingville Location within Eastern Cape  Buntingville Location within South Africa | |
| Coordinates: 31.639°S 28.869°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | OR Tambo |
| Municipality | Nyandeni |
| Government | |
| • Councillor | Mbumbulwana |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.44 km2 (1.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1,090 |
| • Density | 317/km2 (821/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.8% |
| • Coloured | 0.1% |
| • Other | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 98.3% |
| • Other | 1.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| PO box | 5115 |