Elliotdale () is a town in
Amatole District Municipality in the
Eastern Cape
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province of
South Africa
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.
The town lies 50 km south of
Mthatha
Mthatha ( , ), alternatively rendered Umtata, is the main city of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality. The city has an airport, previously known ...
and 22 km south-east of
Mqanduli. It is named after Sir
Henry Elliot, Chief Magistrate of the
Transkei
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from 1891 to 1902.
References
Populated places in the Mbhashe Local Municipality
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