Agincourt, Mpumalanga

Coordinates: 24°49′30″S 31°13′55″E / 24.825°S 31.232°E / -24.825; 31.232
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Agincourt
Matsavana
Agincourt is located in Mpumalanga
Agincourt
Agincourt
Agincourt is located in South Africa
Agincourt
Agincourt
Coordinates: 24°49′30″S 31°13′55″E / 24.825°S 31.232°E / -24.825; 31.232
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceMpumalanga
DistrictEhlanzeni
MunicipalityBushbuckridge
Area
 • Total8.50 km2 (3.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total5,157
 • Density610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African99.7%
 • Coloured0.2%
 • Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
 • Tsonga97.4%
 • Other2.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
1368

Agincourt or Matsavana is a town in Bushbuckridge Local Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.

Agincourt lies 100 km north of the border with Eswatini and 90 km east of the border with Mozambique.

To the west of Agincourt lies the Kruger National Park. The MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit is based in Agincourt.

Notable People[edit]

  • Prince Mashele, author and political commentator

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Agincourt". Census 2011.

Agincourt is in the west of Kruger National Park and versa versa and is also in the west of the border of Mozambique.

https://www.agincourt.co.za/ – The website of the MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit