Jamestown, Eastern Cape

Jamestown
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Coordinates: 31°07′17″S 26°48′24″E / 31.12139°S 26.80667°E / -31.12139; 26.80667
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Joe Gqabi
Municipality	Walter Sisulu
Established	1874
Area [1]
• Total	11.98 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,666
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	96.0%
• Coloured	1.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	1.1%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	92.7%
• Afrikaans	2.2%
• English	1.6%
• Sotho	1.4%
• Other	2.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	9742
PO box	9742
Area code	051

Jamestown, also known as James Calata,^[2] is a town on the N6 national road 58 km south of Aliwal North and 105 km north of Komani in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is at the centre of a fertile sheep, cattle and wheat-farming area and was the terminus of a branch railway line from Molteno. It was named after James Wagenaar, original owner of the farm on which the town was laid out.^[3]

The Jamestown Hospital, which was previously provincially aided, has since January 2011 been fully operated by the Eastern Cape Department of Health.^[4]

There are two public schools: Phambili Mzontsundu Senior Secondary School which is situated in town, and Phahameng Primary School which is situated in Masakhane Township. Next to Siyanda Nonkala's home