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Fort Beaufort

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  • 25,668

  • 7,379

  • 8,8%

  • 45,2%

  • 93%

  • 86,4%

Fort Beaufort was established in 1837 around a fort of the same name. The fort was named after the Duke of Beaufort, father of Lord Charles Somerset. The War of the Axe (1846) started as a result of a dispute over an axe in a shop located in Fort Beaufort. (GPS coordinates: 32.7737 S, 26.6131 E).

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  • Raper PE. 2004. New dictionary of South African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers.

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Key Statistics 2011

Characteristics
Total population25,668
Young (0-14)29,6%
Working Age (15-64)63,9%
Elderly (65+)6,5%
Dependency ratio56,5
Sex ratio89
Population density310 persons/km2
No schooling aged 20+8,2%
Higher education aged 20+8,8%
Matric aged 20+21,1%
Number of households7,379
Average household size3,4
Female headed households49,5%
Formal dwellings94,7%
Housing owned/paying off51,3%
Flush toilet connected to sewerage86,4%
Weekly refuse removal67,1%
Piped water inside dwelling45,2%
Electricity for lighting93%

Place names

Nkonkobe Municipality