Swartkops

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Swartkops | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|33.8752|S|25.6048|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Eastern Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality|Nelson Mandela Bay]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | subdivision_name4 = [[Port Elizabeth]] | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/299007009 |title = Sub Place Swartkops |work=Census 2011}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 0.59 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 883 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 21.7% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 6.5% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = 0.9% | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 70.9% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 =  | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = [[Afrikaans]] | demographics2_info1 = 60.7% | demographics2_title2 = [[English language|English]] | demographics2_info2 = 26.2% | demographics2_title3 = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] | demographics2_info3 = 10.3% | demographics2_title4 = [[Sotho language|Sotho]] | demographics2_info4 = 1.7% | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 1.1%   | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = 6210 | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 6209 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] | area_code = 041 }} '''Swartkops''' is a village in the [[Eastern Cape]] province of [[South Africa]].

The location is on the [[Swartkops River]], 11 km north of [[Port Elizabeth]] and 1,6 km from the Indian Ocean. ''Swartkops'' means "black hills" in [[Afrikaans]], and the name is said to refer to surrounding hillocks crested with dark shadows.<ref name=dsapn>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=424}}</ref>

A railway junction was built here by the [[Cape Government Railways]] in 1872, to service the lines being constructed to [[Makhanda, Eastern Cape|Makhanda]] and Alicedale in the east, [[Port Elizabeth]] to the south, and [[Uitenhage]] to the west.<ref>Burman, Jose (1984), ''Early Railways at the Cape'', Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. {{ISBN|0-7981-1760-5}}.</ref>

== Transport ==

=== Roads ===

The main route through Swartkops is Grahamstown Road ([[R102 (South Africa)|R102 regional route]]) which leads southwards to Deal Party and [[Port Elizabeth]] and northwards to [[Motherwell, South Africa|Motherwell]] and Markman.

The [[M17 (Port Elizabeth)|M17 route]], named Dibanisa Road, passes Swartkops to the west running northwards to Markman and southwards to [[Ibhayi|iBhayi]]. The [[M19 (Port Elizabeth)|M19 route]], named Trunk Road, passes Swartkops to the south running westwards to [[Redhouse, South Africa|Redhouse]], Perseverance, [[Despatch, South Africa|Despatch]] and [[Uitenhage]].

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[[Category:Populated places in Nelson Mandela Bay]]