Canzibe is a village of 1,000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated near the R61 road from Port St. Johns to Mthatha in the Nyandeni Local Municipality, which is part of the OR Tambo District Municipality. As a small village it features some primary schools and a hospital, the Canzibe Hospital.[2]

Canzibe
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Coordinates: 31°48′30″S 29°04′00″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	O.R.Tambo
Municipality	Nyandeni
Area [1]
• Total	1.29 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	1,005
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.0%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.5%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	93.5%
• English	1.9%
• Zulu	1.7%
• Other	2.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	5144
PO box	5144
Area code	047

Economy

Canzibe is part of one of the poorest areas of South Africa. Unemployment in 2008 was at 92%.[3]

Tourism

Near Canzibe is the Hluleka Nature Reserve and Hluleka Beach (24 km away), as well as Presely Bay (18 km).[4]

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