St Mark's, South Africa

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = St Mark’s

| pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|32.013|S|27.381|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Eastern Cape

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Chris Hani

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Intsika Yethu

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/282251 |title = Main Place St Mark’s |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 2.43

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 852

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 99.8%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 0.1%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.1%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 =

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 =

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Xhosa

| demographics2_info1 = 95.7%

| demographics2_title2 = Zulu

| demographics2_info2 = 2.0%

| demographics2_title3 =

| demographics2_info3 =

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 =

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 2.4%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code =

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code =

| area_code_type = Area code

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St Mark's, Eastern Cape is a town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Village on the White Kei River, about 15 km west of Cofimvaba and 40 km north-east of Cathcart.

History

It was founded in 1855 by Bishop John Armstrong as one of four Anglican mission stations named after the apostles.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=395}}{{Cite book |last=Erasmus |first=B. P. J. |url=http://archive.org/details/onrouteinsouthaf0000eras |title=On Route in South Africa |publisher=Jonathan Ball Publishers |others=Internet Archive |year=1995 |isbn=978-1-86842-026-1 |location=Johannesburg |pages=209}}

References

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{{Chris Hani District Municipality}}

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Category:Populated places in the Intsika Yethu Local Municipality

Category:Populated places established in 1855

Category:1855 establishments in the British Empire

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