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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="كيب الشرقية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="كيب الشرقية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabu_Oriental" title="Cabu Oriental – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Cabu Oriental" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9E%C9%99rqi_Keyp_vilay%C9%99ti" title="Şərqi Keyp vilayəti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Şərqi Keyp vilayəti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AA" title="পূর্ব কেপ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পূর্ব কেপ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Cape_S%C3%A9ng" title="Tang Cape Séng – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tang Cape Séng" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B5-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Усходне-Капская правінцыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Усходне-Капская правінцыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%81%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Усходняя Капская правінцыя – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Усходняя Капская правінцыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BF" title="Източен Кейп – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Източен Кейп" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kab_ar_Reter" title="Kab ar Reter – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kab ar Reter" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_Oriental" title="Cap Oriental – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cap Oriental" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Eastern Cape" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%BDchodn%C3%AD_Kapsko" title="Východní Kapsko – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Východní Kapsko" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Eastern Cape" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98st-Kapprovinsen" title="Øst-Kapprovinsen – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Øst-Kapprovinsen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostkap" title="Ostkap – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ostkap" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida-Kapimaa_provints" title="Ida-Kapimaa provints – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ida-Kapimaa provints" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_del_Cabo_Oriental" title="Provincia del Cabo Oriental – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Provincia del Cabo Oriental" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orienta_Kablando" title="Orienta Kablando – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Orienta Kablando" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lurmutur_Ekialdea" title="Lurmutur Ekialdea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Lurmutur Ekialdea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C" title="کیپ شرقی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کیپ شرقی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Eastern Cape" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-Oriental" title="Cap-Oriental – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Cap-Oriental" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Oriental" title="Cabo Oriental – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cabo Oriental" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BBng_Cape-s%C3%A9n" title="Tûng Cape-sén – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Tûng Cape-sén" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B4%EC%BC%80%EC%9D%B4%ED%94%84%EC%A3%BC" title="이스턴케이프주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이스턴케이프주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D6%87%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%BA" title="Արևելյան Կապ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արևելյան Կապ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4" title="पूर्वी केप प्रान्त – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पूर्वी केप प्रान्त" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Eastern Cape" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanjung_Timur_(provinsi)" title="Tanjung Timur (provinsi) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tanjung Timur (provinsi)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhondo_laseMpuma-Koloni" title="IPhondo laseMpuma-Koloni – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="IPhondo laseMpuma-Koloni" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMpumalanga_Kapa" title="IMpumalanga Kapa – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="IMpumalanga Kapa" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_del_Capo_Orientale" title="Provincia del Capo Orientale – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Provincia del Capo Orientale" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%A3_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%97%D7%99" title="הכף המזרחי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הכף המזרחי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A6%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%98" title="აღმოსავლეთი კაპლანდი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აღმოსავლეთი კაპლანდი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasi_ya_Mashariki" title="Rasi ya Mashariki – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Rasi ya Mashariki" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caput_orientale_(Africa_Australis)" title="Caput orientale (Africa Australis) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Caput orientale (Africa Australis)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrumk%C4%81pa" title="Austrumkāpa – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Austrumkāpa" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryt%C5%B3_Ky%C5%A1ulio_provincija" title="Rytų Kyšulio provincija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Rytų Kyšulio provincija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelet-Fokf%C3%B6ld" title="Kelet-Fokföld – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kelet-Fokföld" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BF" title="Источен Кејп – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Источен Кејп" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B4%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D" title="കിഴക്കൻ കേപ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കിഴക്കൻ കേപ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA" title="ईस्टर्न केप – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ईस्टर्न केप" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Timur" title="Cape Timur – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Cape Timur" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oost-Kaap" title="Oost-Kaap – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Oost-Kaap" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97%E5%B7%9E" title="東ケープ州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="東ケープ州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uastkap_(Prowins)" title="Uastkap (Prowins) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Uastkap (Prowins)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMpuma-Koloni" title="IMpuma-Koloni – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="IMpuma-Koloni" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Eastern Cape" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est_Kabe" title="Est Kabe – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Est Kabe" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE" title="مشرقی کیپ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مشرقی کیپ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prowincja_Przyl%C4%85dkowa_Wschodnia" title="Prowincja Przylądkowa Wschodnia – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Prowincja Przylądkowa Wschodnia" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Oriental" title="Cabo Oriental – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cabo Oriental" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincia_Eastern_Cape" title="Provincia Eastern Cape – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Provincia Eastern Cape" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Восточно-Капская провинция – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Восточно-Капская провинция" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-st mw-list-item"><a href="https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapa_Botjhabela" title="Kapa Botjhabela – Southern Sotho" lang="st" hreflang="st" data-title="Kapa Botjhabela" data-language-autonym="Sesotho" data-language-local-name="Southern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapa_Bohlabela" title="Kapa Bohlabela – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="Kapa Bohlabela" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tn mw-list-item"><a href="https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape – Tswana" lang="tn" hreflang="tn" data-title="Eastern Cape" data-language-autonym="Setswana" data-language-local-name="Tswana" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Setswana</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Eastern Cape" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ss mw-list-item"><a href="https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape – Swati" lang="ss" hreflang="ss" data-title="Eastern Cape" data-language-autonym="SiSwati" data-language-local-name="Swati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>SiSwati</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape_Province" title="Eastern Cape Province – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Eastern Cape Province" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%BF" title="Источни Кејп – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Источни Кејп" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isto%C4%8Dni_Kaap" title="Istočni Kaap – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Istočni Kaap" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%C3%A4-Kap" title="Itä-Kap – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Itä-Kap" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96stra_Kapprovinsen" title="Östra Kapprovinsen – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Östra Kapprovinsen" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D" title="கிழக்கு கேப் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கிழக்கு கேப்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ve mw-list-item"><a href="https://ve.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapa_Vhubva%E1%B8%93uvha" title="Kapa Vhubvaḓuvha – Venda" lang="ve" hreflang="ve" data-title="Kapa Vhubvaḓuvha" data-language-autonym="Tshivenda" data-language-local-name="Venda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tshivenda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do%C4%9Fu_Kap" title="Doğu Kap – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Doğu Kap" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Східнокапська провінція – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Східнокапська провінція" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE" title="مشرقی کیپ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="مشرقی کیپ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90%C3%B4ng_Cape" title="Đông Cape – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Đông Cape" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lof%C3%BCdakepi%C3%A4n" title="Lofüdakepiän – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Lofüdakepiän" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinirangan_Cape" title="Sinirangan Cape – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Sinirangan Cape" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%9C%E5%BC%80%E6%99%AE%E7%9C%81" title="东开普省 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="东开普省" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yo mw-list-item"><a href="https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Cape" title="Eastern Cape – Yoruba" lang="yo" hreflang="yo" data-title="Eastern Cape" 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Africa">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela_Bay_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality">Nelson Mandela Bay</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_City_Metropolitan_Municipality" title="Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality">Buffalo City</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Baartman_District_Municipality" title="Sarah Baartman District Municipality">Sarah Baartman</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Amathole_District_Municipality" title="Amathole District Municipality">Amathole</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hani_District_Municipality" title="Chris Hani District Municipality">Chris Hani</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gqabi_District_Municipality" title="Joe Gqabi District Municipality">Joe Gqabi</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/OR_Tambo_District_Municipality" title="OR Tambo District Municipality">OR Tambo</a></li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Nzo_District_Municipality" title="Alfred Nzo District Municipality">Alfred Nzo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">Parliamentary system</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_Eastern_Cape" title="Premier of the Eastern Cape">Premier</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Mabuyane" title="Oscar Mabuyane">Oscar Mabuyane</a> (<a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">ANC</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Cape_Provincial_Legislature" title="Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature">Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-cib2011_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cib2011-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 9">: 9 </span></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">168,966 km<sup>2</sup> (65,238 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_provinces_by_area" title="List of South African provinces by area">2nd in South Africa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,019 m (9,905 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0 m (0 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7,225,784</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_provinces_by_population" title="List of South African provinces by population">4th in South Africa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">43/km<sup>2</sup> (110/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">  • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_South_African_provinces_by_population_density" title="List of South African provinces by population density">6th in South Africa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population groups (2022)<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2022_census_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples_of_South_Africa" title="Bantu peoples of South Africa">Black</a></th><td class="infobox-data">85.7%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Coloured" class="mw-redirect" title="Coloured">Coloured</a></th><td class="infobox-data">7.6%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/White_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="White South African">White</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5.6%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Indian_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian South African">Indian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Asian_South_African" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian South African">Asian</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.5%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Other</th><td class="infobox-data">0.7%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages (2022)<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2022_census_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a></th><td class="infobox-data">81.8%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaans language">Afrikaans</a></th><td class="infobox-data">9.6%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • English</th><td class="infobox-data">4.8%</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Sotho_language" title="Sotho language">Sotho</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2.4%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_African_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Standard Time">SAST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">ZA-EC</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">GDP</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>30.7 billion<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ecprov.gov.za/">www.ecprov.gov.za</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Eastern Cape</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Xhosa</th><td class="infobox-data">iMpuma-Kapa</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Afrikaans</th><td class="infobox-data">Oos-Kaap</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Setswana</th><td class="infobox-data">Kapa Botlhaba</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Eastern Cape</b> (<a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a>: <i lang="xh">iMpuma-Kapa</i>; <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaans language">Afrikaans</a>: <i lang="af">Oos-Kaap</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="af-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Afrikaans" title="Help:IPA/Afrikaans">[ˈuəs.kɑːp]</a></span>) is one of the nine <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_South_Africa" title="Provinces of South Africa">provinces of South Africa</a>. Its capital is <a href="/wiki/Bhisho" title="Bhisho">Bhisho</a>, and its largest city is <a href="/wiki/Gqeberha" title="Gqeberha">Gqeberha</a> (Port Elizabeth). Due to its climate and nineteenth-century towns, it is a common location for tourists. It is also known for being home to many anti-apartheid activists, including <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela" title="Nelson Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a>. </p><p>The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km<sup>2</sup>) after the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cape" title="Northern Cape">Northern Cape</a>, it was formed in 1994 out of the <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_people" title="Xhosa people">Xhosa</a> homelands or <a href="/wiki/Bantustan" title="Bantustan">bantustans</a> of <a href="/wiki/Transkei" title="Transkei">Transkei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ciskei" title="Ciskei">Ciskei</a>, together with the eastern portion of the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Province" title="Cape Province">Cape Province</a>. The central and eastern part of the province is the traditional home of the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_people" title="Xhosa people">Xhosa people</a>. In 1820 this area, which was known as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Xhosa_Kingdom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Xhosa Kingdom (page does not exist)">Xhosa Kingdom</a>, began to be settled by Europeans who originally came from <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Eastern Cape province was formed in 1994, incorporating areas from the former Xhosa homelands of the <a href="/wiki/Transkei" title="Transkei">Transkei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ciskei" title="Ciskei">Ciskei</a>, together with what was previously part of the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Province" title="Cape Province">Cape Province</a>. This resulted in several anomalies, including the fact that the Province has four supreme courts (in <a href="/wiki/Makhanda,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Makhanda, Eastern Cape">Makhanda</a> (Grahamstown), <a href="/wiki/Gqeberha" title="Gqeberha">Gqeberha</a> (Port Elizabeth), <a href="/wiki/Bhisho" title="Bhisho">Bhisho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mthatha" title="Mthatha">Mthatha</a>, and had enclaves of <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal">KwaZulu-Natal</a> in the province. The latter anomaly has fallen away with amendments to municipal and provincial boundaries. </p><p>The Xhosa Kingdom was one of the most powerful kingdoms in Africa, and had all states in the Eastern Cape as tributaries. Any group, people, or tribe that recognised the Xhosa Kingdom as Paramouncy became Xhosa, practiced Xhosa culture and used isiXhosa as their main language. Some of the tribes that fall under the category of Xhosa people include: AmaMpondo, AbaThembu, AmaMpondomise, AmaHlubi, AmaBhaca, AmaXesibe, AmaBomvana and more.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="The material near this tag possibly contains original research. (May 2019)">original research?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_settlers">European settlers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: European settlers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Graaff-Reinet" title="Graaff-Reinet">Graaff-Reinet</a> and <a href="/wiki/1820_Settlers" title="1820 Settlers">1820 Settlers</a></div> <p>In the late 18th century the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Cape_Colony" title="Dutch Cape Colony">Dutch Cape Colony</a> slowly expanded eastwards from its original centre around Cape Town. This led to the establishment in 1786 of the Dutch settlement of <a href="/wiki/Graaff-Reinet" title="Graaff-Reinet">Graaff-Reinet</a> – named for the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Dutch_Cape_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony">Governor of the Cape Colony</a> <a href="/wiki/Cornelis_Jacob_van_de_Graaff" title="Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff">Cornelius Jacob van de Graaff</a> (in office: 1785–1791) and for his wife Hester Cornelia van de Graaff (née Reynet). Later, during the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleonic wars">Napoleonic wars</a> of 1803–1815, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">Britain</a> took control of the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_the_Cape_of_Good_Hope" class="mw-redirect" title="Colony of the Cape of Good Hope">Cape Colony</a> (1806) and encouraged British citizens to migrate there as a means to boost the British population<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> in the area. </p><p>From the early 1800s until the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa" title="Union of South Africa">Union of South Africa</a> in 1910, the Eastern Cape saw colonisation by British <a href="/wiki/Human_migration" title="Human migration">migrants</a>. English <a href="/wiki/Settler" title="Settler">settlers</a> established most of the towns, naming them either for places in England or for the original founders. <a href="/wiki/British_colonisation" class="mw-redirect" title="British colonisation">British colonisation</a> saw schools, churches, hospitals, town centres and government buildings built to speed up development.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Some of the older European settlements include <a href="/wiki/Fort_Beaufort" title="Fort Beaufort">Fort Beaufort</a> (1814), <a href="/wiki/Makhanda,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Makhanda, Eastern Cape">Grahamstown</a> (1812), <a href="/wiki/Port_Elizabeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Elizabeth">Port Elizabeth</a> (1820), <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Salem, Eastern Cape">Salem</a> (1820), <a href="/wiki/Bathurst,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Bathurst, Eastern Cape">Bathurst</a> (1820), <a href="/wiki/East_London,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="East London, Eastern Cape">East London</a> (1836), <a href="/wiki/Paterson,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Paterson, Eastern Cape">Paterson</a> (1879), <a href="/wiki/Cradock,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Cradock, Eastern Cape">Cradock</a> (1814), Fort Beaufort (1816) and <a href="/wiki/King_William%27s_Town,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="King William's Town, Eastern Cape">King William's Town</a> (1836). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ISS059-E-91096_-_View_of_South_Africa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/ISS059-E-91096_-_View_of_South_Africa.jpg/260px-ISS059-E-91096_-_View_of_South_Africa.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/ISS059-E-91096_-_View_of_South_Africa.jpg/390px-ISS059-E-91096_-_View_of_South_Africa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/ISS059-E-91096_-_View_of_South_Africa.jpg/520px-ISS059-E-91096_-_View_of_South_Africa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5568" data-file-height="3712" /></a><figcaption>The southern part of the province seen from <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">space</a>. Various mountain ranges in the <a href="/wiki/Cape_Fold_Belt" title="Cape Fold Belt">Cape Fold Belt</a> are visible, besides <a href="/wiki/Cape_Recife" title="Cape Recife">Cape Recife</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cape_St._Francis" title="Cape St. Francis">Cape St. Francis</a>.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_the_Eastern_Cape" title="List of cities and towns in the Eastern Cape">List of cities and towns in the Eastern Cape</a></div> <p>The Eastern Cape gets progressively wetter from west to east. The west is mostly semiarid <a href="/wiki/Karoo" title="Karoo">Karoo</a>, except in the far south, which is temperate rainforest in the Tsitsikamma region. The coast is generally rugged with interspersed beaches. Most of the province is hilly to very mountainous between <a href="/wiki/Graaff-Reinet" title="Graaff-Reinet">Graaff-Reinet</a> and Rhodes including the <a href="/wiki/Sneeuberge" title="Sneeuberge">Sneeuberge</a> (English: Snow Mountains), <a href="/wiki/Stormberg_Mountains" title="Stormberg Mountains">Stormberge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winterberg,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Winterberg, Eastern Cape">Winterberge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drakensberg" title="Drakensberg">Drakensberg</a> (English: Dragon Mountains). The highest point in the province is <a href="/wiki/Ben_Macdhui_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Macdhui (South Africa)">Ben Macdhui</a> at 3001 m. The east from <a href="/wiki/East_London,_South_Africa" title="East London, South Africa">East London</a> and <a href="/wiki/Komani,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Komani, Eastern Cape">Queenstown</a> towards the <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal">KwaZulu-Natal</a> border – a region known previously as <a href="/wiki/Transkei" title="Transkei">Transkei</a> – is lush grassland on rolling hills, punctuated by deep gorges with intermittent forest. </p><p>Eastern Cape has a <a href="/wiki/Coast" title="Coast">coast</a> on its east which lines southward, creating shores leading to the south Indian Ocean. In the northeast, it borders the following <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Lesotho" title="Districts of Lesotho">districts of Lesotho</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohale%27s_Hoek_District" title="Mohale's Hoek District">Mohale's Hoek District</a> – west of Quthing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quthing_District" title="Quthing District">Quthing District</a> – between Mohale and Qacha's Nek</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qacha%27s_Nek_District" title="Qacha's Nek District">Qacha's Nek District</a> – east of Quthing</li></ul> <p>Domestically, it borders the following provinces: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Cape" title="Western Cape">Western Cape</a> – west</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cape" title="Northern Cape">Northern Cape</a> – northwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_State_(South_African_province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Free State (South African province)">Free State</a> – north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal">KwaZulu-Natal</a> – far northeast</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Climate is highly varied. The west is dry with sparse rain during winter or summer, with frosty winters and hot summers. The area <a href="/wiki/Tsitsikamma" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsitsikamma">Tsitsikamma</a> to <a href="/wiki/Makhanda,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Makhanda, Eastern Cape">Grahamstown</a> receives more precipitation, which is also relatively evenly distributed and temperatures are mild. Further east, rainfall becomes more plentiful and humidity increases, becoming more subtropical along the coast with summer rainfall. The interior can become very cold in winter, with heavy snowfalls occasionally occurring in the mountainous regions between <a href="/wiki/Molteno,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Molteno, Eastern Cape">Molteno</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rhodes,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodes, Eastern Cape">Rhodes</a>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Port_Elizabeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Elizabeth">Gqeberha</a>: Jan Max: 25 °C, Min: 18 °C; Jul Max: 20 °C, Min: 9 °C</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molteno,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Molteno, Eastern Cape">Molteno</a> & <a href="/wiki/Barkly_East" title="Barkly East">Barkly East</a>: Jan Max 28 °C, Min 11 °C; Jul Max: 14 °C, Min: -7 °C</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipalities">Municipalities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Municipalities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_the_Eastern_Cape" title="List of municipalities in the Eastern Cape">List of municipalities in the Eastern Cape</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eastern_Cape_2011_population_density_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Eastern_Cape_2011_population_density_map.svg/220px-Eastern_Cape_2011_population_density_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Eastern_Cape_2011_population_density_map.svg/330px-Eastern_Cape_2011_population_density_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Eastern_Cape_2011_population_density_map.svg/440px-Eastern_Cape_2011_population_density_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1233" data-file-height="811" /></a><figcaption>Eastern Cape Population Density (2011)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Eastern_Cape_with_municipalities_named_and_districts_shaded_(2021).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Map of Eastern Cap showing municipalities and districts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Map_of_the_Eastern_Cape_with_municipalities_named_and_districts_shaded_%282021%29.svg/390px-Map_of_the_Eastern_Cape_with_municipalities_named_and_districts_shaded_%282021%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="390" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Map_of_the_Eastern_Cape_with_municipalities_named_and_districts_shaded_%282021%29.svg/585px-Map_of_the_Eastern_Cape_with_municipalities_named_and_districts_shaded_%282021%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Map_of_the_Eastern_Cape_with_municipalities_named_and_districts_shaded_%282021%29.svg/780px-Map_of_the_Eastern_Cape_with_municipalities_named_and_districts_shaded_%282021%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="928" data-file-height="620" /></a><figcaption>Map of Eastern Cape showing municipalities and districts</figcaption></figure><p>The Eastern Cape Province is divided into two <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_municipality_(South_Africa)" title="Metropolitan municipality (South Africa)">metropolitan municipalities</a> and six <a href="/wiki/District_municipality_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="District municipality (South Africa)">district municipalities</a>. The district municipalities are in turn divided into 27 <a href="/wiki/Local_municipality_(South_Africa)" title="Local municipality (South Africa)">local municipalities</a>. </p><p>Major cities and towns include the following (in the case of <a href="/wiki/List_of_renamed_places_in_South_Africa" title="List of renamed places in South Africa">places that have been renamed</a>, the traditional name is listed first followed by the new official name): </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_London,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="East London, Eastern Cape">East London</a> (Gompo)</li> <li>Port Elizabeth (<a href="/wiki/Gqeberha" title="Gqeberha">Gqeberha</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umtata" class="mw-redirect" title="Umtata">Umtata</a> (Mthatha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queenstown,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Queenstown, Eastern Cape">Queenstown</a> (Komani)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makhanda,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Makhanda, Eastern Cape">Grahamstown</a> (Makhanda)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffreys_Bay" title="Jeffreys Bay">Jeffreys Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice,_South_Africa" title="Alice, South Africa">Alice</a> (Dikeni)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterkspruit" title="Sterkspruit">Sterkspruit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graaff-Reinet" title="Graaff-Reinet">Graaff-Reinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_East" title="Somerset East">Somerset East</a> (KwaNojoli)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Fletcher" title="Mount Fletcher">Mount Fletcher</a> (Tlokoeng)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterworth,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Butterworth, Eastern Cape">Butterworth</a> (Gcuwa)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Frere" title="Mount Frere">Mount Frere</a> (KwaBhaca)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mdantsane" title="Mdantsane">Mdantsane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cradock,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Cradock, Eastern Cape">Cradock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matatiele" title="Matatiele">Matatiele</a></li> <li>King William's Town (<a href="/wiki/Qonce" title="Qonce">Qonce</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aliwal_North" title="Aliwal North">Aliwal North</a> (Maletswai)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uitenhage" title="Uitenhage">Uitenhage</a> (Kariega)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idutywa" class="mw-redirect" title="Idutywa">Idutywa</a> (Dutywa)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Engcobo" class="mw-redirect" title="Engcobo">Engcobo</a> (Ngcobo)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maclear,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Maclear, Eastern Cape">Maclear</a> (Nqanqarhu)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandria, Eastern Cape">Alexandria</a> (Mnyameni)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Alfred" title="Port Alfred">Port Alfred</a> (Cawa)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Beaufort" title="Fort Beaufort">Fort Beaufort</a> (KwaMaqoma known as Bofolo)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peddie,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Peddie, Eastern Cape">Peddie</a> (Ngqushwa)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willowvale,_South_Africa" title="Willowvale, South Africa">Willowvale</a> (Gatyana)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliotdale" title="Elliotdale">Elliotdale</a> (Xhorha)</li> <li>Kentane (<a href="/wiki/Centane" title="Centane">Centane</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsomo" title="Tsomo">Tsomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsolo" title="Tsolo">Tsolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cofimvaba" title="Cofimvaba">Cofimvaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nqamakwe" title="Nqamakwe">Nqamakwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bisho" class="mw-redirect" title="Bisho">Bisho</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bhisho" title="Bhisho">Bhisho</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2022_South_African_census" title="2022 South African census">2022 census</a>, the Eastern Cape had a population of 7,230,204, an increase of 10.2% from the prior census in <a href="/wiki/2011_South_African_census" title="2011 South African census">2011</a>. It is the fourth-most populous of South Africa's nine provinces. The median age is 27, an increase of 5 years from 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race/Ethnicity"><span id="Race.2FEthnicity"></span>Race/Ethnicity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Race/Ethnicity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2022 census, 85.7% of the population described themselves as <a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples_of_South_Africa" title="Bantu peoples of South Africa">Black African</a>, 7.6% as <a href="/wiki/Coloureds" title="Coloureds">Coloured</a>, 5.6% as <a href="/wiki/White_South_Africans" title="White South Africans">White</a> and 0.5% as <a href="/wiki/Indian_South_Africans" title="Indian South Africans">Indian/Asian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census3_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A large majority of Black African people in the province are <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_people" title="Xhosa people">Xhosa</a>, with 78.8% of residents in Eastern Cape identifying as Xhosa as of 2011. Unlike most of <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, a substantial proportion of the <a href="/wiki/White_South_Africans" title="White South Africans">White</a> population is of <a href="/wiki/British_diaspora_in_Africa" title="British diaspora in Africa">British descent</a>. Roughly half of <a href="/wiki/White_South_Africans" title="White South Africans">White South Africans</a> in Eastern Cape are English-speakers of British descent while the other half are of <a href="/wiki/Boer" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer">Boer</a>/<a href="/wiki/Afrikaner" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaner">Afrikaner</a> ancestry. Eastern Cape is one of only two provinces in <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> where Whites of British descent outnumber Boers/Afrikaners, the other being <a href="/wiki/KwaZulu-Natal" title="KwaZulu-Natal">KwaZulu-Natal</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Historic Breakdown of Population by Group<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census3_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Population Group </th> <th>1996 </th> <th>2001 </th> <th>2011 </th> <th>2022 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples_of_South_Africa" title="Bantu peoples of South Africa">Black African</a> </td> <td>86.6% </td> <td>87.2% </td> <td>86.3% </td> <td>85.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Coloureds" title="Coloureds">Coloured</a> </td> <td>7.7% </td> <td>7.7% </td> <td>8.3% </td> <td>7.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/White_South_Africans" title="White South Africans">White</a> </td> <td>5.4% </td> <td>4.9% </td> <td>4.7% </td> <td>5.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_South_Africans" title="Indian South Africans">Indian/Asian</a> </td> <td>0.3% </td> <td>0.3% </td> <td>0.4% </td> <td>0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>n/a </td> <td>0.3% </td> <td>0.7% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eastern_Cape_2001_dominant_language_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Eastern_Cape_2001_dominant_language_map.svg/220px-Eastern_Cape_2001_dominant_language_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Eastern_Cape_2001_dominant_language_map.svg/330px-Eastern_Cape_2001_dominant_language_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Eastern_Cape_2001_dominant_language_map.svg/440px-Eastern_Cape_2001_dominant_language_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1233" data-file-height="811" /></a><figcaption>Dominant home languages in the Eastern Cape <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256394559">.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key>ol{margin-left:1.3em;margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key>ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media(min-width:300px){.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key,.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key-wide{column-count:2}.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key-narrow{column-count:1}}@media(min-width:450px){.mw-parser-output figure[typeof="mw:File/Thumb"] .image-key-wide{column-count:3}}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist image-key"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#8dd3c7; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Afrikaans language">Afrikaans</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffffb3; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/South_African_English" title="South African English">English</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#fb8072; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#80b1d3; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Zulu_language" title="Zulu language">Zulu</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#b3de69; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sotho_language" title="Sotho language">Sotho</a></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#d0d0d0; color:black;"> </span> No language dominant</div></li></ul></div></figcaption></figure><p>In the 2022 census, 81.8% of the population reported their <a href="/wiki/First_language" title="First language">first language</a> as <a href="/wiki/Xhosa_language" title="Xhosa language">Xhosa</a>, 9.6% as <a href="/wiki/Afrikaans" title="Afrikaans">Afrikaans</a>, 4.8% as <a href="/wiki/South_African_English" title="South African English">English</a>, and 2.4% as <a href="/wiki/Sotho_language" title="Sotho language">Sotho</a>. The Eastern Cape is the only province in which native Xhosa-speakers form a majority of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census3_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the 2022 census, 86.1% of the population described themselves as <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christians</a>, 11.0% stated that they practiced <a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_religions" title="Traditional African religions">Traditional African</a> religions, and 0.6% described themselves as <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a>. 1.5% of the population described themselves as being atheist, agnostic, or having no religious affiliation.<sup id="cite_ref-2022_census3_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2022_census3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Eastern Cape is the poorest province in South Africa and has the highest expanded and official unemployment rate in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsistence agriculture predominates in the former homelands, resulting in widespread poverty. A multi billion Rand industrial development zone and deep water port are being developed in <a href="/wiki/Coega" title="Coega">Coega</a> to boost investment in export-oriented industries.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall the province only contributes 8% to the national GDP despite making 13.5% of the population. The real GDP of Eastern Cape stands at an estimated R230.3billion in 2017, making the province the fourth largest regional economy in SA ahead of Limpopo and Mpumalanga.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is much fertile land in the Eastern Cape, and agriculture remains important. The fertile <a href="/wiki/Langkloof" title="Langkloof">Langkloof</a> Valley in the southwest has large deciduous <a href="/wiki/Fruit_orchard" class="mw-redirect" title="Fruit orchard">fruit orchards</a>. In the Karoo there is widespread sheep farming. </p><p>The Alexandria-Makhanda area produces pineapples, chicory and dairy products, while coffee and tea are cultivated at Magwa. People in the former Transkei region are dependent on cattle, maize and sorghum-farming. An olive nursery has been developed in collaboration with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Fort_Hare" title="University of Fort Hare">University of Fort Hare</a> to form a nucleus of olive production in the Eastern Cape. </p><p>Domestic stock farming is slowly giving way to game farming on large scale. <a href="/wiki/Eco-tourism" class="mw-redirect" title="Eco-tourism">Eco-tourism</a> is resulting in economic benefits, and there is lower risk needed to protect wild, native game against drought, and the natural elements. Habitat loss and poaching pose the greatest problems. </p><p>The area around <a href="/wiki/Stutterheim" title="Stutterheim">Stutterheim</a> is being cultivated extensively with timber plantations. </p><p>The basis of the province's <a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry" title="Fishing industry">fishing industry</a> is <a href="/wiki/Squid" title="Squid">squid</a>, some recreational and commercial fishing for line fish, the collection of marine resources, and access to line-catches of <a href="/wiki/Hake" title="Hake">hake</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industry">Industry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Industry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With three import/export harbours and three airports offering direct flights to the main centres, and an excellent road and rail infrastructure,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the province has been earmarked as a key area for growth and economic development in modern South Africa.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The two major industrial centres, <a href="/wiki/Port_Elizabeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Elizabeth">Port Elizabeth</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_London,_South_Africa" title="East London, South Africa">East London</a> have well-developed economies based on the automotive industry. <a href="/wiki/General_Motors_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="General Motors Corporation">General Motors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Volkswagen" title="Volkswagen">Volkswagen</a> both have major assembly lines in the Port Elizabeth area, while East London is dominated by the large <a href="/wiki/DaimlerChrysler" class="mw-redirect" title="DaimlerChrysler">DaimlerChrysler</a> plant, now known as Mercedes-Benz South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Environmental-friendly projects include the Fish River Spatial Development Initiative, the Wild Coast SDI, and two industrial development zones, the East London Industrial Development Zone and the Coega IDZ near Port Elizabeth. Coega is the largest infrastructure development in post-<a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> South Africa. The construction of the deepwater <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Ngqura" title="Port of Ngqura">Port of Ngqura</a> was completed and the first commercial ship anchored in October 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other sectors include finance, real estate, business services, wholesale and retail trade, eco-tourism (nature reserves and game ranches) and hotels and restaurants. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_and_government">Law and government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Law and government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Eastern_Cape" title="Politics of the Eastern Cape">Politics of the Eastern Cape</a></div> <p>The Eastern Cape provincial government is based in <a href="/wiki/Bhisho" title="Bhisho">Bhisho</a>, the provincial capital. The <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Cape_Division" title="Eastern Cape Division">Eastern Cape Division</a> of the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_South_Africa" title="High Court of South Africa">High Court of South Africa</a> is situated in Makhanda (Grahamstown), with local seats in Gqhebera (Port Elizabeth), East London, and Bhisho. </p><p>Like South Africa's other provinces, the Eastern Cape has a parliamentary system of government, with the <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_Eastern_Cape" title="Premier of the Eastern Cape">premier of the province</a> elected by the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Cape_Provincial_Legislature" title="Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature">Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature</a>. The premier then selects the members of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_(South_Africa)" title="Executive Council (South Africa)">Executive Council</a> (cabinet). The current premier is <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Mabuyane" title="Oscar Mabuyane">Oscar Mabuyane</a> of the <a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">African National Congress</a> (ANC). </p><p> The provincial legislature is elected every five years by a system of <a href="/wiki/Party-list_proportional_representation" title="Party-list proportional representation">party-list proportional representation</a>. The most recent provincial election was held in <a href="/wiki/2024_South_African_provincial_elections" title="2024 South African provincial elections">2024</a>, which was won by the ANC, which has governed the province continuously since the end of Apartheid in <a href="/wiki/1994_South_African_general_election" title="1994 South African general election">1994</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)" title="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)">Democratic Alliance</a> (DA) is the second largest party and forms the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_opposition" title="Parliamentary opposition">official opposition</a>. The results of the most recent provincial election in 2024 are as follows:</p><table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="7" style="text-align:center;color:black;background:#F8F9FA"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2024_Eastern_Cape_Legislature.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/2024_Eastern_Cape_Legislature.svg/360px-2024_Eastern_Cape_Legislature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/2024_Eastern_Cape_Legislature.svg/540px-2024_Eastern_Cape_Legislature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/2024_Eastern_Cape_Legislature.svg/720px-2024_Eastern_Cape_Legislature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">+/–</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#006600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/African_National_Congress" title="African National Congress">African National Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,114,294</td><td style="text-align:right">62.16</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6.58</td><td style="text-align:right">45</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#005BA6"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_(South_Africa)" title="Democratic Alliance (South Africa)">Democratic Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">267,007</td><td style="text-align:right">14.89</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.84</td><td style="text-align:right">11</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#852A2A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Economic_Freedom_Fighters" title="Economic Freedom Fighters">Economic Freedom Fighters</a></td><td style="text-align:right">181,855</td><td style="text-align:right">10.14</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.30</td><td style="text-align:right">8</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFB300"></td><td><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Movement" title="United Democratic Movement">United Democratic Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">66,572</td><td style="text-align:right">3.71</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.11</td><td style="text-align:right">3</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#388F35"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Patriotic_Alliance" title="Patriotic Alliance">Patriotic Alliance</a></td><td style="text-align:right">41,355</td><td style="text-align:right">2.31</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00ADEE"></td><td><a href="/wiki/African_Transformation_Movement" title="African Transformation Movement">African Transformation Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">27,761</td><td style="text-align:right">1.55</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#56AA48"></td><td><a href="/wiki/UMkhonto_we_Sizwe_(political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="UMkhonto we Sizwe (political party)">uMkhonto we Sizwe</a></td><td style="text-align:right">25,904</td><td style="text-align:right">1.44</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6600"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Front_Plus" title="Freedom Front Plus">Freedom Front Plus</a></td><td style="text-align:right">9,321</td><td style="text-align:right">0.52</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#008718"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Pan_Africanist_Congress_of_Azania" title="Pan Africanist Congress of Azania">Pan Africanist Congress of Azania</a></td><td style="text-align:right">9,168</td><td style="text-align:right">0.51</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.10</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ba0c2f"></td><td><a href="/wiki/African_Christian_Democratic_Party" title="African Christian Democratic Party">African Christian Democratic Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">8,642</td><td style="text-align:right">0.48</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#05B615"></td><td><a href="/wiki/ActionSA" title="ActionSA">ActionSA</a></td><td style="text-align:right">8,315</td><td style="text-align:right">0.46</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0336D8"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Rise_Mzansi" title="Rise Mzansi">Rise Mzansi</a></td><td style="text-align:right">5,167</td><td style="text-align:right">0.29</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ffb543"></td><td><a href="/wiki/African_Independent_Congress" title="African Independent Congress">African Independent Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,935</td><td style="text-align:right">0.22</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.20</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FDB400"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Azanian_People%27s_Organisation" title="Azanian People's Organisation">Azanian People's Organisation</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,884</td><td style="text-align:right">0.22</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.14</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E7B04A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Build_One_South_Africa" title="Build One South Africa">Build One South Africa</a></td><td style="text-align:right">3,138</td><td style="text-align:right">0.18</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#ffca08"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_People_(South_African_political_party)" title="Congress of the People (South African political party)">Congress of the People</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,178</td><td style="text-align:right">0.12</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.13</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#bc8f8f"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Batho_Pele_Movement&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Batho Pele Movement (page does not exist)">Batho Pele Movement</a></td><td style="text-align:right">2,078</td><td style="text-align:right">0.12</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#046D2A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/African_People%27s_Convention" title="African People's Convention">African People's Convention</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,770</td><td style="text-align:right">0.10</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F36900"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Good_(political_party)" title="Good (political party)">Good</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,683</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.15</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#1c9069"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Al_Jama-ah" title="Al Jama-ah">Al Jama-ah</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,543</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#4C2C5E"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Citizens_for_Change" title="Alliance of Citizens for Change">Alliance of Citizens for Change</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,511</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Inkatha_Freedom_Party" title="Inkatha Freedom Party">Inkatha Freedom Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,343</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#586d2d"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arise_South_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arise South Africa (page does not exist)">Arise South Africa</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,128</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#E31E26"></td><td><a href="/wiki/African_Congress_for_Transformation" title="African Congress for Transformation">African Congress for Transformation</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,047</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#cccc00"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Komani_Progress_Action&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Komani Progress Action (page does not exist)">Komani Progress Action</a></td><td style="text-align:right">976</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#a0522d"></td><td>Independent South African National Civic Organisation</td><td style="text-align:right">877</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#00a400"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=African_Movement_Congress&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="African Movement Congress (page does not exist)">African Movement Congress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">269</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">1,792,721</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td><td style="text-align:right">72</td><td style="text-align:right">–</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Eastern Cape Department of Education has been criticised for poor primary and secondary education<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resulting from dysfunction,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> special interests, and issues with the South Africa teachers union, <a href="/wiki/South_African_Democratic_Teachers_Union" title="South African Democratic Teachers Union">SADTU</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The province struggles with a lack of schools; a lack of teachers leading to overcrowding; a lack of textbooks; a lack of basic facilities like toilets, electricity or water; and poor transport infrastructure which regularly absents and endangers learners. The problem is particularly acute in the former <a href="/wiki/Transkei" title="Transkei">Transkei</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2011, basic education had so deteriorated that the national <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Basic_Education" title="Department of Basic Education">Department of Basic Education</a> intervened under section 100(1)(b) of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_South_Africa" title="Constitution of South Africa">Constitution of South Africa</a>, taking control of the province's educational administration.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Eastern Cape has since been the worst-performing province educationally and especially in terms of <a href="/wiki/Matriculation_in_South_Africa" title="Matriculation in South Africa">matriculation</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-:1_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> matriculants' results averaged 51% in 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 58.3% in 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 64.9% in 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 65.4% in 2014, and 56.8% in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2015/2016 financial year, the province failed to spend R 530 million of its allocated R 1.5 billion budget for education, most of it intended for infrastructure development.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Equal_Education" title="Equal Education">Equal Education</a>'s 2017 report, Planning to Fail, found a "systemic failure in Eastern Cape education".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universities">Universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rhodes_University" title="Rhodes University">Rhodes University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Makhanda,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Makhanda, Eastern Cape">Makhanda</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela_University" title="Nelson Mandela University">Nelson Mandela University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gqeberha" title="Gqeberha">Gqeberha</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Fort_Hare" title="University of Fort Hare">University of Fort Hare</a> (main campus in <a href="/wiki/Alice,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Alice, Eastern Cape">Alice</a>, satellite campuses in <a href="/wiki/Bhisho" title="Bhisho">Bhisho</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_London,_South_Africa" title="East London, South Africa">East London</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Sisulu_University" title="Walter Sisulu University">Walter Sisulu University</a> (campuses in Buffalo City, <a href="/wiki/Gcuwa,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Gcuwa, Eastern Cape">Butterworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mthatha" title="Mthatha">Mthatha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queenstown,_South_Africa" title="Queenstown, South Africa">Komani</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_educational_institutions">Other educational institutions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Other educational institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Transfiguration" title="College of the Transfiguration">College of the Transfiguration</a>, <a href="/wiki/Makhanda,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Makhanda, Eastern Cape">Makhanda</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health">Health</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The province is served by big medical centres such as <a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Makiwane_Hospital" title="Cecilia Makiwane Hospital">Cecilia Makiwane Hospital</a> which is a large, government-funded hospital near the city of <a href="/wiki/East_London,_South_Africa" title="East London, South Africa">East London</a> that also serves as a tertiary teaching hospital. <a href="/wiki/Frere_Hospital" title="Frere Hospital">Frere Hospital</a> is another large, provincial government-funded hospital near East London which also serves as a tertiary teaching hospital. These hospitals offer many specialty departments such as an ARV clinic for HIV/AIDS in adults and children. Both hospitals are affiliated with Lilitha Nursing College and Walter Sisulu University. </p><p>While the Eastern Cape has many hospitals and private clinics, the province has some of the worst health outcomes and service indicators in South Africa. Some of this can be attributed to staff shortages, with a report indicating that 67% of the 27 monitored facilities have insufficient staff.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rural residents in the Eastern Cape face worse health outcomes than those who reside in the larger towns or cities. This is due to a number of conditions such as lack of healthcare resources, lack of means to access healthcare resources, high unemployment, and poverty. Illiteracy is also a problem in rural communities, which further limits positive health outcomes.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis are also ongoing issues in the region. In 2017, the Eastern Cape had a TB incidence of 839/100,000 people, which was higher than South Africa's estimated prevalence of 737/100,000.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additionally, the Eastern Cape has a high overall HIV prevalence rate (25.2%) as of 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, HIV/AIDS was the second leading underlying natural cause of death in the Eastern Cape with a 5.9% prevalence rate.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2017, there has been an increase in the level of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which disproportionately affects poorer communities. Furthermore, obesity and undiagnosed hypertension are major concerns in rural areas.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Eastern Cape is also known for its traditional Xhosa initiation schools, which perform coming-of-age ceremonies known as <a href="/wiki/Ulwaluko" title="Ulwaluko">ulwaluko</a> which involve circumcision. These ceremonies have been linked to numerous complications such as coma, illness and death.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There have been numerous reports in South African newspapers investigating the poor practices which lead to the death of young men and boys during initiation rituals.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In one case, an 18-year-old teenager named Yongama Boya was sent to the hospital to be circumcised, as his parents believed this would be the safer option.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then, he was sent to complete the rest of his initiation ritual in a traditional initiation school in the Qumbu area of the Transkei. There, the nurse refused to accept the validity of his prior circumcision at the hospital, and she circumcised him again, resulting in his death. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aloe_Ferox_between_Cofimvaba_and_Ngcobo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Aloe_Ferox_between_Cofimvaba_and_Ngcobo.jpg/170px-Aloe_Ferox_between_Cofimvaba_and_Ngcobo.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Aloe_Ferox_between_Cofimvaba_and_Ngcobo.jpg/255px-Aloe_Ferox_between_Cofimvaba_and_Ngcobo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Aloe_Ferox_between_Cofimvaba_and_Ngcobo.jpg/340px-Aloe_Ferox_between_Cofimvaba_and_Ngcobo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Aloe_ferox" title="Aloe ferox">Aloe ferox</a></i> on the R61 route between Cofimvaba and Ngcobo.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Eastern_Cape" title="Special:EditPage/Eastern Cape">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The landscape is extremely diverse. The western interior is largely arid <a href="/wiki/Karoo" title="Karoo">Karoo</a>, while the east is well-watered and green. The Eastern Cape offers a wide array of attractions, including 800 kilometres (500 mi) of untouched and pristine coastline along with beaches, and <a href="/wiki/Big_Five_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Five Game">big-five</a> game viewing in a <a href="/wiki/Malaria" title="Malaria">malaria</a>-free environment. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Addo_Elephant_National_Park" title="Addo Elephant National Park">Addo Elephant National Park</a>, situated 73 kilometres (45 mi) from <a href="/wiki/Port_Elizabeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Elizabeth">Port Elizabeth</a>, was proclaimed in 1931. Its 743 square kilometres (287 sq mi) offers sanctuary to 170 elephants, 400 <a href="/wiki/Cape_buffalo" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape buffalo">Cape buffalo</a> and 21 <a href="/wiki/Black_rhino" class="mw-redirect" title="Black rhino">black rhino</a> of the very scarce Kenyan sub-species. </p><p>The province is the location of <a href="/wiki/Tiffindell" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiffindell">Tiffindell</a>, South Africa's only <a href="/wiki/Snow_skiing" class="mw-redirect" title="Snow skiing">snow skiing</a> resort, which is situated near the hamlet of <a href="/wiki/Rhodes,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodes, Eastern Cape">Rhodes</a> in the Southern <a href="/wiki/Drakensberg" title="Drakensberg">Drakensberg</a>. It is on the slopes of <a href="/wiki/Ben_Macdhui_(South_Africa)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ben Macdhui (South Africa)">Ben Macdhui</a>, the highest mountain peak in the Eastern Cape 3,001 metres (9,846 ft). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Arts_Festival" title="National Arts Festival">National Arts Festival</a>, held annually in <a href="/wiki/Makhanda,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Makhanda, Eastern Cape">Grahamstown</a>, is Africa's largest cultural event,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> offering a choice of both indigenous and imported talent. Every year for eleven days the town's population almost doubles, as over 50,000 people flock to the region for a feast of arts, crafts, music and entertainment. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jeffreys_Bay" title="Jeffreys Bay">Jeffreys Bay</a> is an area with wild coastline, which is backed by sub-tropical rainforest. The waters here are noted for having good waves for surfing. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Aliwal_North" title="Aliwal North">Aliwal North</a>, lying on an agricultural plateau on the southern bank of the <a href="/wiki/Orange_River" title="Orange River">Orange River</a>, is an inland resort known for its <a href="/wiki/Hot_spring" title="Hot spring">hot springs</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The rugged and unspoiled <a href="/wiki/Wild_Coast_Region,_Eastern_Cape" title="Wild Coast Region, Eastern Cape">Wild Coast</a> is a place of spectacular scenery. The coastal areas have been a graveyard for many vessels. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Whittlesea,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Whittlesea, Eastern Cape">Whittlesea, Eastern Cape</a>, situated in the <a href="/wiki/Amatola_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Amatola Mountains">Amatola Mountains</a>, is known for the first wine estate in the province.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>King William's Town, Alice, Queenstown, Grahamstown, Cradock and Fort Beaufort offer some of the best colonial architecture of the 19th century in the province. The two major cities lining the coast are East London and Port Elizabeth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Checkers/Draughts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mind_Sports_South_Africa" title="Mind Sports South Africa">Mind Sports South Africa</a></li></ul></li> <li>eSports <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mind_Sports_South_Africa" title="Mind Sports South Africa">Mind Sports South Africa</a></li></ul></li> <li>Football <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C._(South_Africa)" title="Blackburn Rovers F.C. (South Africa)">Blackburn Rovers</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_London,_Eastern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="East London, Eastern Cape">East London</a>) (dissolved)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippa_United_F.C." title="Chippa United F.C.">Chippa United F.C.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gqeberha" title="Gqeberha">Gqeberha</a>)</li></ul></li> <li>Cricket <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sunrisers_Eastern_Cape" title="Sunrisers Eastern Cape">Sunrisers Eastern Cape</a> (Gqeberha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warriors_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Warriors cricket team">Chevrolet Warriors</a> (Gqeberha)</li></ul></li> <li>Rugby <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province_Elephants" title="Eastern Province Elephants">Eastern Province Elephants</a> (Gqeberha)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Bulldogs" title="Border Bulldogs">Border Bulldogs</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_London,_South_Africa" title="East London, South Africa">East London</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_the_Eastern_Cape" title="List of people from the Eastern Cape">List of people from the Eastern Cape</a></div> <p>The Eastern Cape has been home to many major anti-apartheid leaders such as <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sobukwe" title="Robert Sobukwe">Robert Sobukwe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Tambo" title="Oliver Tambo">Oliver Tambo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Mandela" title="Nelson Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Sisulu" title="Walter Sisulu">Walter Sisulu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winnie_Mandela" class="mw-redirect" title="Winnie Mandela">Winnie Mandela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Govan_Mbeki" title="Govan Mbeki">Govan Mbeki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Xuma" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Xuma">Alfred Xuma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Makiwane" title="Cecilia Makiwane">Cecilia Makiwane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Noni_Jabavu" title="Noni Jabavu">Noni Jabavu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thabo_Mbeki" title="Thabo Mbeki">Thabo Mbeki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Hani" title="Chris Hani">Chris Hani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bantu_Holomisa" title="Bantu Holomisa">Bantu Holomisa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Biko" title="Steve Biko">Steve Biko</a>, musicians <a href="/wiki/Miriam_Makeba" title="Miriam Makeba">Miriam Makeba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madosini" title="Madosini">Madosini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nathi" title="Nathi">Nathi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dali_Mpofu" title="Dali Mpofu">Dali Mpofu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vusi_Nova" title="Vusi Nova">Vusi Nova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zahara_(South_African_musician)" title="Zahara (South African musician)">Zahara</a>, as well as historical figures such as <a href="/wiki/Tiyo_Soga" title="Tiyo Soga">Rev. Tiyo Soga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mqhayi" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Mqhayi">Samuel Mqhayi</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mongezi_Sifika_wa_Nkomo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mongezi Sifika wa Nkomo (page does not exist)">Mongezi Sifika wa Nkomo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enoch_Sontonga" title="Enoch Sontonga">Enoch Sontonga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jotello_Festiri_Soga" title="Jotello Festiri Soga">Jotello Festiri Soga</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eastern_Cape&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-cib2011-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cib2011_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.statssa.gov.za/census/census_2011/census_products/Census_2011_Census_in_brief.pdf"><i>Census 2011: Census in brief</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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