Qunu

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Qunu

Land area1.65 km²

Coordinates-31.80°, 28.61°

Demographic figures from Statistics South Africa. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Qunu is a Xhosa rural village in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, 32 km (20 mi) south-west of Mthatha on the N2 national route.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Eastern Cape

• Marawuleni
  2.6 mi away
• Mandlaneni
  2.7 mi away
• KwaBityi
  5.7 mi away
• eXwili
  6 mi away
• Viedgesville
  6.8 mi away
• Maqhingeni
  8.4 mi away
• Lalini
  9.8 mi away
• Milinge
  13.3 mi away
• Efeta
  16.9 mi away
• Mthatha
  17.5 mi away · pop. 210,783
• De Colligny Mission Station
  17.5 mi away
• Sigadini
  18.2 mi away

Browse all places in Eastern Cape →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Eastern Cape giant cycad

Encephalartos altensteinii

Seen 2025-10-10

Sweet Thorn

Vachellia karroo

Seen 2025-04-09

ribwort plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Seen 2025-04-09

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2024-04-26

Mexican Poppy

Argemone ochroleuca

Seen 2024-04-26

Bull Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Seen 2024-04-26

Wild Pentas

Conostomium natalense

Seen 2024-04-26

red-leaved fig

Ficus ingens

Seen 2023-09-20

Woolly Plectranthus

Coleus barbatus

Seen 2023-06-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Qunu, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.