Kasouga

Kasouga
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Coordinates: 33.647°S 26.736°E / -33.647; 26.736
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Ndlambe
Area [1]
• Total	1.51 km^2 (0.58 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	39
• Density	26/km^2 (67/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	5.1%
• White	94.9%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	92.3%
• Afrikaans	5.1%
• Other	2.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Kasouga or Kasuka is a small village in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Settlement some 10 km north-east of Kenton-on-Sea, near the mouth of the Kasuka River. The name is derived from Khoekhoen and means 'place of many leopards'. The river name "Kasuka" is a Xhosa adaptation of the word, and has the same meaning.[2]

References

1. "Main Place Kasouga". Census 2011.
2. Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 243. Retrieved 28 August 2013.