Tylden is a village in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Tylden
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Coordinates: 32.109°S 27.067°E / -32.109; 27.067
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Municipality	Enoch Mgijima
Area [1]
• Total	1.77 km2 (0.68 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	572
• Density	320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	87.6%
• Coloured	1.0%
• White	11.4%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	87.2%
• English	7.2%
• Afrikaans	4.7%
• Other	0.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	5323

Village 37 km south-east of Queenstown and 20 km north of Cathcart. Administered by a village management board. It was named after Captain Tylden of the Royal Engineers, officer in charge of a campaign against the Tambookies (Tembus) in 1851.[2]

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