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Whittlesea (formerly known as Bulhoek) is a settlement situated 37km south of Queenstown, Eastern Cape Province. Whittlesea now lays claim to the first registered wine estate in the Eastern Cape. The infrastructure include a post office, police station, education college, magistrate's court, two filling stations and numerous retail outlets, not the least the Spar and other supermarkets, also hosting the major bank ATM's. ''Hewu Hospital'' (formerly operated by ''Lifecare'', but provincialized since 2010) is to be found only 4 km on the road to Ekuphumleni Township. It was founded in 1849 and became a defence outpost in the Frontier War of 1850-1853. Named after Whittlesea in Cambridgeshire, birthplace of Sir Harry Smith (1787-1860), Governor of the Cape Colony from 1847 to 1852.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames )〕 ==Townships== Whittlesea has two notable townships, Dongwe and Sada. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whittlesea, Eastern Cape」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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