Country South Africa District Alfred Nzo Postal code (street) 4735 Local time Sunday 10:40 PM | Province Eastern Cape Municipality Umzimvubu PO box 4735 Area code 039 | |
Weather 17°C, Wind NE at 8 km/h, 93% Humidity | ||
Mount Ayliff is a small town in the eastern Eastern Cape province of South Africa, near that province's border with KwaZulu-Natal. In the census of 2011, its population was recorded as being 5,367 people, of whom 98% described themselves as "Black African", and 91.5% spoke Xhosa as their first language.
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Map of Mount Ayliff, 4735, South Africa
Mount Ayliff is located in the Umzimvubu Local Municipality, which is part of the Alfred Nzo District Municipality; it is the location of the headquarters of the latter.
Xesibeland, the traditional region of the Xesibe people, was located around Mount Ayliff. The Xesibe (one of the Xhosa groups) was led by Chief Jojo; Jojo today is the royal family and still the leading family in Mount Ayliff.
1999 tornado
On the 18th January 1999 a number of tornadoes hit the town and surrounding areas. Twenty five people were killed and over five hundred were injured; the tornadoes destroyed around 95% of the homes in the area leaving most people homeless making it the most destructive tornado recorded in South Africa.