Burnshill
Burnshill is a town in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Former mission station of the Glasgow Missionary Society, established at the foot of the Amathole Mountains in 1831.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middledrift.
Middledrift
Village
Photo: Lysippos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Middledrift, also known as iXesi, is a small town located 90 kilometres north-west of East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality in Amathole District in an area that was formerly part of the Ciskei. Middledrift is situated 8 km southwest of Burnshill.
Burnshill
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in South Africa
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Amahlathi Local Municipality, Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-32.76806° or 32° 46′ 5″ southLongitude
27.05528° or 27° 3′ 19″ eastElevation
554 metres (1,818 feet)Open location code
4GV963J4+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 262704490OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Southern Sotho—“Burnshill” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Burnshill”
- Asturian: “Burnshill”
- Dutch: “Burnshill”
- Pedi: “Burnshill, Kapa Bohlabela”
- Pedi: “Burnshill”
- Southern Sotho: “Burnshill, Kapa Botjhabela”
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