Ngqeleni is a town in O.R.Tambo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Ngqeleni
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Coordinates: 31.670°S 29.028°E / -31.670; 29.028
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	O.R.Tambo
Municipality	Nyandeni
Area [1]
• Total	2.28 km2 (0.88 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,629
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	97.2%
• Coloured	1.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	0.3%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	87.4%
• English	7.0%
• Sign language	1.6%
• Northern Sotho	1.1%
• Other	3.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	5140
PO box	5140
Area code	047

Village in West Pondoland, 32 km southeast of Umtata and about 40 km north-north-west of Coffee Bay. The name is derived from the Xhosa ngqele, ‘cold’ or ‘frost’. Coldstream, which flows past it, may have a name translated from Ngqeleni, ‘at the cold’."[2]

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