Railway Station 14km South-East of Stuterheim on route to Kei Road. The name is of Xhosa origin and refers to the AmaBhele clan.
placeREF P-0121939Revised
Place record
AMabele, Eastern Cape Railway Station
Amabhele, Xhosa Men
- Coordinates
- 27.1800, -32.2300
- Updated
- 18 May 2020
Amabhele, Xhosa Men
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AMabele, Eastern Cape Railway Station
How we know this
- 01New Dictionary of South African Names by Peter E Raper
Last updated · 18 May 2020
South African History Online. (2016, September 20). AMabele, Eastern Cape Railway Station. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0121939
South African History Online (2016) 'AMabele, Eastern Cape Railway Station', South African History Online, 20 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0121939 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, AMabele, Eastern Cape Railway Station [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0121939, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"AMabele, Eastern Cape Railway Station." South African History Online, 20 Sept. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0121939. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "AMabele, Eastern Cape Railway Station." South African History Online. September 20, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0121939.
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