Tsomo

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Tsomo

| pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|32.03794|S|27.81689|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

| established_date = 1877

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/282268 |title = Main Place Tsomo |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 3.72

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 2108

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 94.8%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 2.1%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 1.7%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 1.3%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 =

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Xhosa

| demographics2_info1 = 88.7%

| demographics2_title2 = English

| demographics2_info2 = 3.1%

| demographics2_title3 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info3 = 1.1%

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 =

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 7.0%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code =

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 5400

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 047

}}

Tsomo is a town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is 45 km east of Qamata and 48 km west of Ndabakazi.

History

Founded in 1877, it originated as a military station known as Tsomo Post.{{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=205}} The name is derived from that of the Tsomo River, on which it is situated, which in turn is said to be named after a Xhosa chief who lived where the bridge now stands.

Tsomo was originally included in the Transkei territory of Fingoland (Mfenguland) however after the annexation by the British Fingoland was further divided into Butterworth, Tsomo and Nqamakwe.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=439}}

Notable people

References

Category:Populated places in the Intsika Yethu Local Municipality