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Misgund

Coordinates: 33°45′18″S 23°29′53″E / 33.755°S 23.498°E / -33.755; 23.498
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Misgund
Misgund is located in Eastern Cape
Misgund
Misgund
Misgund is located in South Africa
Misgund
Misgund
Coordinates: 33°45′18″S 23°29′53″E / 33.755°S 23.498°E / -33.755; 23.498
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
MunicipalityKou-Kamma
Area
 • Total0.78 km2 (0.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total415
 • Density530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African40.2%
 • Coloured57.3%
 • Indian/Asian0.2%
 • White0.7%
 • Other1.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans65.5%
 • Xhosa29.2%
 • S. Ndebele1.4%
 • Tswana1.2%
 • Other2.7%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
6440
Area code042

Misgund is a town in Kou-Kamma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The name is Afrikaans and means "begrudged".[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Misgund". Census 2011.
  2. ^ Rita Barnard (16 November 2006). Apartheid and Beyond: South African Writers and the Politics of Place. Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-19-999607-0.