Ugie, Eastern Cape

Ugie
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Coordinates: 31°12′S 28°15′E / 31.2°S 28.25°E / -31.2; 28.25Coordinates: 31°12′S 28°15′E / 31.2°S 28.25°E / -31.2; 28.25
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Joe Gqabi
Municipality	Elundini
Area [1]
• Total	19.11 km2 (7.38 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	13,467
• Density	700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	94.3%
• Coloured	2.7%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	2.6%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	89.3%
• Afrikaans	4.6%
• English	2.3%
• Sotho	1.7%
• Other	2.1%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	5470
PO box	5470
Area code	+27 (0)45

Ugie is a town in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Town at the southern foot of the Drakensberg, 18 km south-west of Maclear. It developed from a mission station at , established in 1863 by William Murray and named Ugie by him, after the Ugie River in Scotland, where he was born. The town was founded in 1885, and in 1916 a village management board was instituted.^[2]

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