Canzibe is a village of 1,000 inhabitants in the

Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...

province of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. It is situated near the

R61 road The R61 is a long provincial route in South Africa that connects Beaufort West with Port Shepstone via Graaff-Reinet, Komani (previously Queenstown), Mthatha and Port Edward. The R61 is co-signed with the N9 for 103 kilometres from Aberdeen thr ...

(future

N2 Wild Coast Toll Route The N2 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through George, Gqeberha, East London, Mthatha and Durban to Ermelo. It is the main highway along the Indian Ocean coast of the country. Its current length of makes it the ...

) from

Port St. Johns Port St. Johns (or Port Saint Johns) is a town of about 6,500 people on the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at the mouth of the Umzimvubu River, northeast of East London and east of Mthatha. Port St. Jo ...

Mthatha Mthatha , formerly Umtata, is the main city of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality. The city has an airport, previously known as the K. D. Matanzi ...

in the

Nyandeni Local Municipality Nyandeni Local Municipality is a local municipality (South Africa), local municipality in the OR Tambo District Municipality, OR Tambo District, situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Its administrative seat is the town of Libode. The en ...

, which is part of the OR Tambo District Municipality. As a small village it features some primary schools and a hospital, the

Canzibe Hospital Canzibe Hospital is a Provincial government funded hospital in Canzibe, Eastern Cape in South Africa. The hospital departments include Emergency department, Paediatric ward, Maternity ward, Gynaecology Services, Out Patients Department, Surgi ...

Economy

Canzibe is part of one of the poorest areas of South Africa. Unemployment in 2008 was at 92%.

Tourism

Near Canzibe is the

Hluleka Nature Reserve The Hluleka Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa that is managed by Eastern Cape Parks, it is about 90 km to the south-east of Mthatha Mthatha , formerly Umtata, is the main city of the King Sabata Dalin ...

and Hluleka Beach (24 km away), as well as Presely Bay (18 km).Nyandeni Local Municipality
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References

{{OR Tambo District Municipality Populated places in the Nyandeni Local Municipality