Willowvale, South Africa

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Willowvale

| native_name = Gatyana

| pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa#Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|32.266|S|28.516|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 = Amathole

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Mbhashe

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/270550 |title = Main Place Willowvale |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 12.30

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 2522

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 97.7%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 0.6%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.7%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 0.4%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 0.6%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Xhosa

| demographics2_info1 = 92.6%

| demographics2_title2 = English

| demographics2_info2 = 2.2%

| demographics2_title3 = Sign language

| demographics2_info3 = 1.1%

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 =

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 4.1%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code =

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 5040

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 047

}}

Willowvale is a town in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Town in Gcalekaland, 32 km southeast of Idutywa. It was established as a military post in 1879 and so named because of its situation on a stream with willow trees on its banks.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=475}}

Notable people

References

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{{Amathole District Municipality}}

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Category:Populated places in the Mbhashe Local Municipality

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