List of cities and towns in the Eastern Cape
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The Amatola Region
- Adelaide
- Alice
- Balfour
- Berlin
- Bhisho, (previously Bisho)
- Braunschweig
- CathcartCathcart, Eastern CapeCathcart is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, named after Sir George Cathcart. Sir George Cathcart was governor of the Cape of Good Hope 1852-1853.The town is situated on the N6, just north of Stutterheim on route to Queenstown...
- Dohne
- DordrechtDordrecht, Eastern Cape]Dordrecht is situated in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Dordrecht was founded in 1856 by a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and named after a city of South-West Netherlands. The name Dordrecht comes from Thyre, the name of a river, and Middle Dutch drecht "channel", meaning "Thure...
- East London (eMonti)
- ElliotElliotElliot is a personal name which can serve as either a surname or a given name. Although the given name was historically given to males, females named Elliott have seen an increase in recent years...
- Fort BeaufortFort BeaufortFort Beaufort is a town in the Amatole District of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, and has a population of 78,300. The town was established in 1837 and became a municipality in 1883. The town lies at the confluence of the Kat and Brak rivers between the Keiskamma and Great Fish rivers...
- Gonubie
- Haga-Haga
- Hamburg
- Hertzog, Eastern Cape
- HogsbackHogsback, Eastern CapeHogsback is a village in the Amatola Mountains in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.- History :The earliest known written reference to 'Hogsback' was found in the journal of the painter Thomas Baines, who passed the 'Hogs Back' while on his travels deeper inside South Africa in 1848...
- HumansdorpHumansdorpHumansdorp is a small town and surrounding district in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, with a population of around 35,000 . It is part of the Kouga Local Municipality of the Cacadu District. The town is the centre of the district's light industry and farming...
- Jeffreys BayJeffreys BayJeffreys Bay is a town located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated just off the N2 Highway, about an hour's drive southwest of Port Elizabeth.- History :...
- Katberg
- Kei Mouth
- KeiskammahoekKeiskammahoek, Eastern CapeKeiskammahoek is a town in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. From 1981 until the end of apartheid, the town was part of the Ciskei bantustan....
- Kidds BeachKidds BeachKidds Beach is a small village close to East London, South Africa. It was named after the first European to settle there, a seaman named Kidd....
- King William's TownKing William's TownKing William's Town is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa along the banks of the Buffalo River. The town is about 40 minutes' motorway drive WNW of the Indian Ocean port of East London...
- Komga
- MdantsaneMdantsaneMdantsane is a South African township situated between East London and King William's Town in the Eastern Cape province. It is reputed to be the second largest township in South Africa after Soweto and houses the second biggest shopping mall in the Eastern Cape Province...
- Morgan's Bay
- Ngcobo (previously Engcobo)
- Oyster BayOyster Bay, Eastern CapeOyster Bay is a small coastal hamlet and resort located about 14 km west of St Francis Bay on the Eastern Cape Coast of South Africa. It forms part of the Kouga Local Municipality of the Cacadu District in the Eastern Cape....
- Peddie
- QueenstownQueenstown, Eastern CapeQueenstown, named after Queen Victoria, is a town in the middle of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, roughly half way in between the towns of Cathcart and Sterkstroom. It is currently the commercial, administrative, and educational centre of the prosperous surrounding farming district...
- Seymour
- St Francis Bay
- StutterheimStutterheimStutterheim is a town with a population of 46,730 in South Africa, situated in the Border region of the Eastern Cape province.Stutterheim has a rich history that makes for fascinating reading...
- TarkastadTarkastadTarkastad is a small Karoo town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Tarkastad is on a plain to the north of the Winterberg mountain range...
- Whittlesea
The Western Region
- Aberdeen
- AddoAddo-People:*Eric Addo , Ghanaian footballer*Joe Addo , Ghanaian footballer*Otto Addo , Ghanaian footballer*Ransford Addo , Ghanaian footballer*Simon Addo , Ghanaian footballer...
- AlexandriaAlexandria, Eastern CapeAlexandria, South Africa is a small farming town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and is situated 100 km North East of Port Elizabeth on the way to Bushman's River Mouth, Kenton-on-Sea and Port Alfred...
- Bathurst
- BedfordBedford, Eastern CapeBedford is a town in the centre of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It was established in the mid-19th century when Sir Andries Stockenstroom sold portions of land from his farm Maastroom to raise funds for the restoration of his library, which had been burnt by British soldiers...
- CookhouseCookhouseCookhouse is a small town in Eastern Cape province, South Africa....
- CradockCradock, Eastern CapeCradock is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, in the upper valley of the Great Fish River, by rail northeast of Port Elizabeth. The town is the administrative seat of the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape. The estimated population...
- Despatch
- Graaff ReinetGraaff ReinetGraaff-Reinet is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the fourth oldest town in South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Swellendam.-History:...
- GrahamstownGrahamstownGrahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality. The population of greater Grahamstown, as of 2003, was 124,758. The population of the surrounding areas, including the actual city was 41,799 of which 77.4% were black,...
- HankeyHankeyHankey is a small town on the confluence of the Klein and Gamtoos rivers in South Africa. It is part of the Kouga Local Municipality of the Cacadu District in the Eastern Cape.- History :...
- HumansdorpHumansdorpHumansdorp is a small town and surrounding district in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, with a population of around 35,000 . It is part of the Kouga Local Municipality of the Cacadu District. The town is the centre of the district's light industry and farming...
- Jeffreys BayJeffreys BayJeffreys Bay is a town located in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated just off the N2 Highway, about an hour's drive southwest of Port Elizabeth.- History :...
- JoubertinaJoubertinaJoubertina is a small town in the Cacadu District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.Joubertina is located on the R62 road in the Langkloof valley.The town has a station on the narrow gauge avontuur railway.-External links:*...
- KareedouwKareedouwKareedouw is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the administrative centre for the Kou-Kamma Municipality in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape.The town's name derives from the Khoe phrase meaning "path by the karee trees"...
- Kenton-on-SeaKenton-on-SeaKenton-on-Sea, more commonly known as Kenton, is a small coastal town on the Sunshine Coast, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is situated between the Bushman's River and the Kariega River, and lies approximately half way between the industrial centres of East London and Port Elizabeth...
- KirkwoodKirkwood, Eastern CapeKirkwood is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is situated on the banks of the Sundays River in the eponymously-named Sundays River Valley, which forms part of the Sundays River Valley Municipality in the Cacadu District of the Eastern Cape....
- Krakeelrivier
- MiddelburgMiddelburg, Eastern CapeMiddelburg is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, in the Great Karoo. It lies in the Upper Karoo, 1 279 m above sea level, with a population of 44000...
- Nieu-Bethesda
- Patensie
- Port AlfredPort AlfredPort Alfred is a small town with a population of just under 20,000 in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the eastern seaboard of the country at the mouth of the Kowie River, almost exactly half-way between the larger cities of Port Elizabeth and East London and 30 km...
- Port Elizabeth (Ebhayi)
- Salem
- Somerset East
- St Francis Bay
- Steytlerville
- SunlandSunlandSunland may refer to:* Sunland, Inyo County, California* Sunland, Los Angeles, California* Sunland , a Seaboard Air Line train*Sunland Hospital, a defunct mental health chain in Florida...
- UitenhageUitenhageUitenhage is a South African town with 275,185 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent. The town's name is pronounced by English speakers and in Afrikaans...
- Willowmore
The Wild Coast
- Chintsa
- Coffee BayCoffee BayCoffee Bay is a small community of interest in Wild Coast, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It is about 250 kilometres south of the city of Durban. It has a population of approximately 600 people.-References:...
- Dutywa (previously IdutywaIdutywaDutywa is a town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, formerly part of the Transkei bantustan. It is the birthplace of Thabo Mbeki, who became President of South Africa in 1999. It is 35 kilometres north of Gcuwa on the N2 road...
) - FlagstaffFlagstaff, Eastern CapeFlagstaff is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Ngquza Hill Local Municipality....
- Gcuwa (previously ButterworthButterworth, South AfricaButterworth is a settlement in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Butterworth has a population of 287,780 and is situated 111 km north of East London on the N2 national highway in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa...
) - Kentani
- Lady Frere(cacadu)
- LibodeLibodeLibode is a small town of 5000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the R61 road from Port St Johns to Umtata and serves as the administrative seat of the Nyandeni Local Municipality, which is part of the OR Tambo District Municipality...
- Lusikisiki
- Mount Fletcher
- Mount FrereMount FrereMount frere is a minor town known as the town of Kwabhaca to the community. Mount Frere was found in the 17th century and named after Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere....
- MthathaMthathaMthatha is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town has an airport, previously known by the name K. D. Matanzima Airport after former leader Kaiser Matanzima....
(previously Umtata) - Port St Johns
- Qolora Mouth
- WillowvaleWillowvaleWillowvale is the name of an industrial suburb in the South West of Harare, Zimbabwe....
- Tsolo
- BizanaBizana, Eastern CapeBizana is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Mbizana Local Municipality....