{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Tsolo | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|31.316667|S|28.75|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Eastern Cape | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = O.R. Tambo | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Mhlontlo | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/293215 |title = Main Place Tsolo |work=Census 2011}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 46.74 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 7794 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) -->| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 96.3% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 1.5% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = 1.4% | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = 0.4% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.4% <!-- demographics (section 2) -->| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = Xhosa | demographics2_info1 = 91.7% | demographics2_title2 = English | demographics2_info2 = 2.5% | demographics2_title3 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info3 = 1.8% | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 4.1% <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information -->| timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = 5170 | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 5170 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 047 }} '''Tsolo''' is a town in Mhlontlo Local Municipality in OR Tambo District of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
The town is some 42 km north-west of Mthatha and 22 km south-west of Qumbu. The name, derived from Xhosa, is said to mean ‘pointed’, referring to the shape of hills there.<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=439}}</ref>
Tsolo has two government hospitals, St Lucy's Hospital and Dr. Malizo Mpehle Memorial Hospital.<ref>[http://www.ecdoh.gov.za/hospitals.asp?type=District&mid=97 Eastern Cape Dept of Health official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330013250/http://www.ecdoh.gov.za/hospitals.asp?type=District&mid=97 |date=2014-03-30 }}</ref> thumb|Image of Tsolo, Eastern Cape It is a home to many villages such as Hlangani, Goqwana, Tiki-tiki, etc.With many rivers mostly from uGriniga Dam, which is a source of water for many villages including Hlangani and Goqwana
== Notable people == * Kedibone Letlaka-Rennert – Miss Transkei 1981 and Diversity Advisor at the International Monetary Fund * Masizole Mnqasela – Western Cape Provincial Parliament * Zozibini Tunzi – Miss Universe 2019 * Mandisa Maya - Female jurist *Ayanda Daweti - Actor
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{{OR Tambo District Municipality}}
Category:Populated places in the Mhlontlo Local Municipality
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