Gcuwa, Eastern Cape
Butterworth (also known as ''Gcuwa'') is a town in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Butterworth has a population of 45,900 and is situated on the N2 (South Africa), N2 national highway 111 km north of East London, South Africa, East London.''Butterworth'', Travelblog
p.1 - 2Tony Pinchuck, Barbara McCrea & Donald Reid, ''Rough guide to South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland'', Edition 3, Rough Guides, 2002. p. 425

History

The area around Butterworth was populated by amaXhosa, KhoiKhoi and San people. Butterworth was first established as a Methodism, Wesleyan mission station in 1827 north of the Great Kei River in British Kaffraria. It was named after Joseph Butterworth. The mission sta ...
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