Mount Coke
Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Mount Coke is a town in Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
CountrySouth Africa
Mount Coke | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 32.979°S 27.431°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| Municipality | Buffalo City |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.35 km2 (0.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 52 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 100.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 84.6% |
| • English | 7.7% |
| • Sign language | 5.8% |
| • Zulu | 1.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Station of the Methodist Missionary Society 18 km east of King William’s Town. It was established in 1825 by the Reverend S Kay and named after Thomas Coke, who was the first Methodist Bishop and regarded as the Father of Methodist Missions.