Ciskei
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Ciskei ( , meaning on this side of [[Great Kei River|[the river] Kei]]), officially the Republic of Ciskei (), was a Bantustan for the Xhosa people, located in the southeast of South Africa. It covered an area of , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian Ocean.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Republic of Ciskei
- Country.common_name
- Ciskei
- Country.status
- Bantustan
- Country.status_text
- Bantustan(de facto; independence not internationally recognised)
- Country.p1
- South Africa
- Country.flag_p1
- Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg
- Country.s1
- South Africa
- Country.flag_s1
- Flag of South Africa.svg
- Country.today
- South Africa
- Country.image_flag
- Flag of Ciskei.svg
- Country.image_coat
- Coat of arms of Ciskei.svg
- Country.flag
- Flag of Ciskei
- Country.image_map
- Ciskei in South Africa.svg
- Country.image_map_caption
- Location of Ciskei (red) within South Africa (yellow)
- Country.national_motto
- ""(Xhosa)"We Shall be Stopped by the Stars"or "The Sky is the Limit"
- Country.national_anthem
- Xhosa: God Bless Africa
- Country.official_languages
- XhosaEnglish
- Country.capital
- Bisho
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- South Africa
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Bhisho
- Official language
- Xhosa
- Currency
- rand
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- Commons category
- Ciskei
- Commons gallery
- Ciskei
- inception
- 1972-08-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1994-04-27
- replaced by
- Eastern Cape
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Independence
- Ciskei–Transkei hostilities and ''Operation Katzen''
- Coup d'état
- Bisho massacre
- Annexation
- Economy
- Districts in 1991
- Law enforcement and defence
- Notable persons
- See also
- Books
- References
- External links
Ciskei ( , meaning on this side of [[Great Kei River|[the river] Kei]]), officially the Republic of Ciskei (), was a Bantustan for the Xhosa people, located in the southeast of South Africa. It covered an area of , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian Ocean.
Under South Africa's policy of apartheid, land was set aside for black peoples in self-governing territories. Ciskei was designated as one of two homelands, or "Bantustans", for Xhosa-speaking people.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ciskei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
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3 mapped locations