Whittlesea, Eastern Cape

Whittlesea Hewu Vetlisi
Whittlesea  Whittlesea shown within Eastern Cape
Coordinates:
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Municipality	Lukanji
Established	{{#property:P571}}
Area
• Total	15.37 km2 (5.93 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	14,756
• Density	960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	99.1%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	93.3%
• English	2.5%
• Other	4.2%
Postal code (street)	5360
PO box	5360

Whittlesea (formerly known as Bulhoek) is a settlement situated 37km south of Queenstown, Eastern Cape Province. Whittlesea now lays claim to the first registered wine estate in the Eastern Cape.

The infrastructure include a post office, police station, education college, magistrate's court, two filling stations and numerous retail outlets, not the least the Spar and other supermarkets, also hosting the major bank ATM's.

Hewu Hospital (formerly operated by Lifecare, but provincialized since 2010) is to be found only 4 km on the road to Ekuphumleni Township.

It was founded in 1849 and became a defence outpost in the Frontier War of 1850-1853. Named after Whittlesea in Cambridgeshire, birthplace of Sir Harry Smith (1787-1860), Governor of the Cape Colony from 1847 to 1852.

Townships

Whittlesea has two notable townships, Dongwe and Sada.

Villages

Some of the villages surrounding Whittlesea include;

• Lower Didimana
• Upper Didimana
• Kamastone
• Romanslaagte
• Tsitsikama
• KuzaNgqokwe
• Phelandaba
• McBright
• Mcewula
• KwaSemi
• Ensaam
• Thornhill
• EZola
• Lower Hukuwa
• Upper Hukuwa