Enon
Enon is located in Eastern Cape
Enon
Enon
Enon is located in South Africa
Enon
Enon
Coordinates: 33°23′53″S 25°32′42″E / 33.398°S 25.545°E / -33.398; 25.545
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
MunicipalitySundays River Valley
Area
[1]
 • Total1.4 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,160
 • Density1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African47.3%
 • Coloured51.9%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • Other0.7%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Afrikaans52.1%
 • Xhosa43.6%
 • English1.5%
 • Other2.8%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
6125
PO box
6125

Enon is a small town in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is named after the biblical place mentioned in John 3:23[2] It lies 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of Kirkwood and 60 kilometres (37 mi) north-east of Uitenhage.

Enon (formerly known as Witterivier) was formed in 1818 by the Moravian Missionary Society on request of the Area Landdrost Jacob Glen Cuyler,[3] to serve as a buffer between the Xhosa, Tembu and Fingo tribes living outside the Cape Colony and the European farmers and towns inside the Cape Colony.[4] The land was granted to the Missionary Society in trust, to be administrated on behalf of the Cape Colony in the interests of residents of the missionary station.[5]

Within the first 35 years of its inception it was caught in the middle of three Cape Frontier Wars and the First Anglo-Boer War,[6] and has been evacuated on three separate occasions.[7][8][9]

Enon is referred to in the 1840s by James Backhouse in his diary.

In 1909 control of the town was ceded back to the Union of South Africa.[10] The governance of Enon currently falls under the Sundays River Valley Local Municipality.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sum of the Main Places Enon and Barsheba Census 2011.
  2. ↑ Raper 1989, p. 155.
  3. ↑ Temmers 1987, p. 3.
  4. ↑ de Boer & Temmers 1987, p. 3.
  5. ↑ Temmers 1987, p. 6.
  6. ↑ Temmers 1987, p. 23.
  7. ↑ Temmers 1987, p. 8.
  8. ↑ Temmers 1987, p. 10.
  9. ↑ Temmers 1987, p. 51.
  10. ↑ Temmers 1987, p. 16.

Bibliography

  • Temmers, E. M., ed. (1987). Enon, Woonplek Van 'n Moedige Volk: Die Geskiedenis Van Enon 1818-1978 (in Afrikaans). Genadendalse Boekdrukkery.
  • de Boer, Jacob; Temmers, E. M. (1987). The Unitas Fratrum: two hundred and fifty years of missionary and pastoral service in Southern Africa (Western Region). Moravian Church in S.A.W.C.P. ISBN 978-0-620-10974-1.
  • Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2.
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