Country South Africa District Chris Hani PO box 5323 | Province Eastern Cape Municipality Enoch Mgijima | |
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Tylden is a village in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Map of Tylden, South Africa
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. Tylden is renowned as the birthplace of Steve Biko the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa.
References
Tylden, Eastern Cape Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA