Elliot, Eastern Cape

Khowa
Khowa
	Town Hall in Elliot
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	Coordinates: 31°20′S 27°51′E / 31.333°S 27.850°ECoordinates: 31°20′S 27°51′E / 31.333°S 27.850°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Municipality	Sakhisizwe
Area
• Total	28.85 km2 (11.14 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	14,376
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	93.9%
• Coloured	2.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	2.7%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	87.1%
• Afrikaans	4.5%
• English	4.5%
• Sign language	1.7%
• Other	2.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	5460
PO box	5460
Area code	045

Khowa, formerly known as Elliot, is a town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, and lies 80 km south-west of Maclear and 65 km south-east of Barkly East.^[2]

History[]

Originally the village was established in 1885 and known as Slang River,^[3] and in April 1894 was renamed Elliot, becoming a municipality in 1911. Named after Sir Henry George Elliot (1826-1912), Chief Magistrate of the from 1891 to 1902. It was renamed Khowa in 2017.^[4]

People born in Khowa[]

Mark Andrews (rugby player)
Os du Randt (rugby player)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Main Place Elliot". Census 2011.
^ http://www.sahistory.org.za/places/elliot-tembuland
^ http://www.saexplorer.co.za/south-africa/distance/elliot_distance.asp
^ Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.

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[census2011-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Main Place Elliot". Census 2011.

[2] ttp://www.sahistory.org.za/places/elliot-tembuland

[3] ttp://www.saexplorer.co.za/south-africa/distance/elliot_distance.asp

[Raper1989-4] Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.

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show v t Municipalities and communities of Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape
District seat: Queenstown
Intsika Yethu	Bolotwa Cofimvaba Ncora Qamata St Mark’s Tsomo
Enoch Mgijima	Baccle's Farm Ezibeleni Hofmeyr Imvani Lesseyton Molteno Mpofu Queenstown Sada Sterkstroom Tarkastad Tentergate Thornhill Tylden Whittlesea
Engcobo	Clarkebury Coghlan Ngcobo
Emalahleni	Dordrecht Indwe Cacadu
Inxuba Yethemba	Cradock Middelburg Rosmead
Sakhisizwe	Cala Elliot Mbewuleni

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Khowa
Town Hall in Elliot
Khowa Khowa Khowa Show map of Eastern CapeShow map of South AfricaShow map of AfricaShow all
Coordinates: 31°20′S 27°51′E / 31.333°S 27.850°E / -31.333; 27.850Coordinates: 31°20′S 27°51′E / 31.333°S 27.850°E / -31.333; 27.850
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Municipality	Sakhisizwe
Area ^[1]
• Total	28.85 km² (11.14 sq mi)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	14,376
• Density	500/km² (1,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) ^[1]
• Black African	93.9%
• Coloured	2.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	2.7%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011) ^[1]
• Xhosa	87.1%
• Afrikaans	4.5%
• English	4.5%
• Sign language	1.7%
• Other	2.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	5460
PO box	5460
Area code	045