Flagstaff, South Africa

Flagstaff is a town in the OR Tambo District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa located some 80 km south-east of Kokstad and 45 km north of Lusikisiki. It is the seat of the Ingquza Hill Local Municipality.^[2]

Flagstaff
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Coordinates: 31°4′48″S 29°30′16″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	O.R. Tambo
Municipality	Ingquza Hill
Government
• Type	Ward 6
• Councillor	M. Didiza
Area [1]
• Total	2.7 km2 (1.0 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,821
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	95.7%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	1.2%
• White	0.3%
• Other	2.1%
First languages (2011) [1]
• IsiXhosa	89.5%
• English	3.2%
• IsiZulu	1.1%
• Other	6.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4810
PO box	4810
Area code	039

History

The town developed from a trading station established in 1877 and derives its name from the practice by the owners of hoisting a white flag on Sundays to indicate that the store was closed. For many years it served as a post of the Cape Mounted Rifles.^[2]

Education

The Flagstaff Primary School at Dlibona village was completed at a cost of R39 million in 2019. It consists of seven classrooms, a nutrition centre, science laboratory, multimedia centre, multipurpose classroom, administration block v8 security room.^[3] Langa Secondary school located in Mashwabana settlement is one of the best science high schools in Flagstaff , well known for producing the best matric results as they are sitting on 89.9% pass rate. Langa S.S is a school which offers the following studies: science, commerce and hospitality.