Debe Nek is a town in

Amahlathi Local Municipality Amahlathi Municipality () is a local municipality within the Amatole District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. ''Amahlati'' is an isiXhosa word meaning "a place where many trees are grouped together, a forest". Forest ...

in the

Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape ( ; ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, and its largest city is Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Due to its climate and nineteenth-century towns, it is a common location for tourists. It is also kno ...

province of

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. Debe Nek's location is 19 km northwest of

King William's Town Qonce, formerly King William's Town, is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa along the banks of the Buffalo River (Eastern Cape), Buffalo River. The town is about northwest of the Indian Ocean port of East London, South Africa, ...

and 38 km east of

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. Debe Nek takes its name from the

Debe Debe (or Débé) is a town in south Trinidad located in the region of Penal–Debe. Debe has grown from a small settlement into a key transit point which as has merged to some extent with Penal. A denomination high school was established by the ...

(Khoekhoen for 'brackish') River, from the defile ('nek') through which the Debe River flows. This was the site of the Battle of Amalinda between Ndlambe and Gaika in 1818. Presently, it functions as a health resort. The area is found in the Middledrift Road near Dimbaza

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Populated places in the Amahlathi Local Municipality {{EasternCape-geo-stub