Clarkson
Clarkson is located in Eastern Cape
Clarkson
Clarkson
Clarkson is located in South Africa
Clarkson
Clarkson
Coordinates: 34°00′36″S 24°20′28″E / 34.010°S 24.341°E / -34.010; 24.341
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
MunicipalityKou-Kamma
Area
  Total2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
  Total1,824
  Density800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
  Black African40.3%
  Coloured58.4%
  Indian/Asian0.1%
  White0.2%
  Other1.0%
First languages (2011)
  Afrikaans63.3%
  Xhosa33.3%
  Sotho1.4%
  English1.2%
  Other0.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
6302
Area code042

Clarkson is a town in Kou-Kamma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Moravian Mission village in the former Humansdorp district, 26 km south-east of Assegaaibos station and 60 km west of Humansdorp. A mission station was established by Bishop Hans Peter Hallbeck in 1839 and named after Thomas Clarkson who helped abolish the slave-trade.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Clarkson". Census 2011.
  2. Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 118. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  3. "Clarkson, Eastern Cape | South African History Online".
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