Eastern Cape (South Africa)
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- Provincial statistics. Part 2, Eastern Cape, 1994:t.p. (Oos-Kaap)
- Economist, Apr. 23-29, 1994:p. 22 (Eastern Cape, one of the nine new provinces of South Africa)
- Phone call to BGN, 3 Aug. 1995(official name: Province of Eastern Cape)
- Its Provincial gazette extraordinary, 5 Aug. 1994:t.p. (Provinsie Oos-Kaap; Province of the Eastern Cape) colophon (Eastern Cape)
- Web. geog.(Cape Province or officially Cape of Good Hope or Afrikaans Kaapprovinsie; before 1910 Cape Colony. Former province, Rep. of South Africa. History: colony founded by Dutch who began settlement at Table Bay 1652; occupied by British 1795-1803 and 1806-14; ceded to British by Dutch 1814; Natal united with Cape Colony for administrative purposes c. 1843-56; annexed British Kaffraria mid-19th cent. and British Bechuanaland 1895; administered Lesotho (formerly Basutoland) 1871-84; received responsible government 1872; joined Union of South Africa 1910, subsequently Rep. of South Africa 1961; ceased to exist as an administrative entity 1994 and roughly split into Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and Western Cape provs.)
- Columbia gaz.(Cape Province or Cape of Good Hope Colony, former province, S Republic of South Afr., now divided into 3 provs.: Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Eastern Cape)
The Eastern Cape (Xhosa: iMpuma-Kapa; Afrikaans: Oos-Kaap [ˈuəs.kɑːp]) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, and its largest city is Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Due to its climate and nineteenth-century towns, it is a common location for tourists. It is also known for having been home to many anti-apartheid activists, including Nelson Mandela. The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after the Northern Cape, it was formed in 1994 out of the Xhosa homelands or bantustans of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province. The central and eastern part of the province is the traditional home of the indigenous Xhosa people. In 1820 this area, which was known as the Xhosa Kingdom, began to be settled by Europeans who originally came from England, Scotland and Ireland.
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