Mount Fletcher
Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
30°41′31″S 28°30′11″E / 30.692°S 28.503°E / -30.692; 28.503 (2011)[1]
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Tlokoeng, formally Mount Fletcher, is a town in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, 69 km north-north-east of Maclear.
Founded in 1882, Mount Fletcher takes its name from the mountain nearby. This was probably named after the Reverend John Fletcher of Madeley in England, a friend of John Wesley, although it is stated to have been named after a Captain Fletcher who was stationed there.[2]
In 2022, the town was officially renamed Tlokoeng, which "means place of the Tlokoa clan" in Sesotho. [3] The provincial hospital in Tlokoeng is named Tayler Bequest.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Mount Fletcher". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 318.
- ^ HALLEBACH, Peter. "travelnews.africa - South Africa has renamed 17 locations in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga". travelnews.africa. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Eastern Cape Department of Health - HOSPITALS & HEALTHCARE - Tayler Bequest Hospital". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Eastern Cape Dept of Health website
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Municipalities and communities of Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape
District seat: Barkly East
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- Burgersdorp
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- Oviston
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- Venterstad
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