Burnshill

Burnshill
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Coordinates: 32.768°S 27.0571°E / -32.768; 27.0571
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Municipality	Amahlathi
Area [1]
• Total	2.12 km^2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	693
• Density	330/km^2 (850/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.7%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	98.8%
• Other	1.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	5688

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. Named after John Burns, minister of the Barony Church, Glasgow, one of the founders of the society. It was destroyed in 1851.^[2]

References

1. "Main Place Burnshill". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 101.