Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape is in South Africa and stretches along the Indian Ocean between Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. The Eastern Cape's Wildcoast is a rough piece of nature.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Eastern Cape
- Type: province of South Africa with 7,230,000 residents
- Description: province of South Africa
- Neighbors: Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape and Western Cape
- Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude of centre
-32° or 32° southLongitude of centre
26° eastPopulation
7,230,000Elevation
1,125 metres (3,691 feet)United Nations Location Code
ZA CTPGeoNames ID
1085593Wikidata ID
Q130840Eastern Cape Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Oos-Kaap
- Afrikaans: Oos-Kaap Provinsie
- Afrikaans: Oos-Kaapprovinsie
- Afrikaans: Oos kaap
- Arabic: Sinirangan Cape
- Arabic: كيب الشرقية
- Arabic: كيب الشرقيه
- Armenian: Արևելյան Կապ
- Asturian: Cabu Oriental
- Azerbaijani: Şərqi Burun vilayəti
- Azerbaijani: Şərqi Keyp vilayəti
- Basque: Lurmutur Ekialde
- Basque: Lurmutur Ekialdea
- Belarusian: Усходне-Капская правінцыя
- Belarusian: Усходняя Капская правінцыя
- Bengali: পূর্ব কেপ
- Breton: Kab ar Reter
- Bulgarian: Източен Кейп
- Catalan: Cap Oriental
- Catalan: Província del Cap Est
- Cebuano: Eastern Cape
- Chinese: Tang Cape Séng
- Chinese: 东开普省
- Chinese: 東開普
- Chinese: 東開普省
- Croatian: Eastern Cape
- Czech: Východní Kapsko
- Danish: Eastern Cape
- Danish: Øst-Kap
- Danish: Øst-Kapprovinsen
- Dutch: Oost-Kaap
- Dutch: Oost-Kaap provincie
- Dutch: Oostelijke Kaap
- English: Eastern Cape Province
- English: Province of Eastern Cape
- English: province of Eastern Cape
- English: province of the Eastern Cape
- Esperanto: Orienta Kablando
- Estonian: Ida-Kapimaa
- Estonian: Ida-Kapimaa provints
- Faroese: Eastern Cape
- Finnish: Eastern Cape -provinssi
- Finnish: Eastern Cape
- Finnish: Eastern Cape provinssi
- Finnish: Itäinen maakunta
- French: Cap-Oriental
- French: Cap oriental
- Galician: Cabo Oriental
- Galician: O Cabo Oriental
- Georgian: აღმოსავლეთი კაპლანდი
- German: Eastern Cape
- German: Oos-Kaap
- German: Ooskaap
- German: Ost-Kap
- German: Ostkap
- German: ZA-EC
- Greek: Ανατολικότερο Ακρωτήριο
- Gujarati: ઇસ્ટર્ન કેપ
- Hakka Chinese: Tûng Khôi-phú-sén
- Hausa: Tûng Cape-sén
- Hebrew: הכף המזרחי
- Hebrew: פרובינציית הכף המזרחית
- Hindi: पूर्वी केप
- Hindi: पूर्वी केप प्रान्त
- Hungarian: Eastern Cape
- Hungarian: Kelet-Fokföld
- Indonesian: Eastern Cape
- Indonesian: Tanjung Timur
- Italian: Capo Orientale
- Italian: Eastern Cape
- Italian: provincia del Capo Orientale
- Japanese: 東ケープ州
- Kannada: ಪೂರ್ವ ಕೇಪ್
- Korean: 이스턴케이프주
- Korean: 이스턴 케이프 주
- Latin: Caput orientale
- Latin: Promontorium Orientale
- Latvian: Austrumkāpa
- Lithuanian: Rytų Kapas
- Lithuanian: Rytų Kyšulio provincija
- Lithuanian: Rytų Kyšulys
- Macedonian: Источен Кејп
- Malay: Cape Timur
- Malayalam: കിഴക്കൻ കേപ്
- Marathi: ईस्टर्न केप
- Min Nan Chinese: Tang Cape Séng
- Northern Frisian: Uastkap (Prowins)
- Northern Frisian: Uastkap
- Norwegian: IMpuma-Koloni
- Norwegian Bokmål: Eastern Cape
- Norwegian Bokmål: IMpuma-Koloni
- Norwegian Bokmål: Øst-Kapp
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Eastern Cape
- Novial: Est Kabe
- Novial: Est Kap
- Nyanja: Eastern Cape
- Pedi: Kapa Bohlabela
- Persian: کیپ شرقی
- Polish: Prowincja Przylądkowa Wschodnia
- Polish: Wschodnia Prowincja Przylądkowa
- Portuguese: Cabo Leste
- Portuguese: Cabo Oriental
- Portuguese: Província do Cabo Oriental
- Romanian: Oos-Kaap
- Romanian: Provincia Eastern Cape
- Russian: Восточная Капская провинция
- Russian: Восточно-Капская провинция
- Russian: Восточный Кейп
- Serbian: Istočni Kejp
- Serbian: Источни Кејп
- Serbo-Croatian: Eastern Cape
- Serbo-Croatian: Istočni Kaap
- Sinhala: නැගෙනහිර කේප්
- Slovenian: Eastern Cape
- Slovenian: Vzhodna Kaplandija
- Somali: Eastern Cape Province
- Southern Sotho: Kapa Botjhabela
- Spanish: El Cabo Oriental
- Spanish: Provincia Oriental del Cabo
- Spanish: Provincia del Cabo Oriental
- Swahili: Rasi Mashariki
- Swahili: Rasi ya Mashariki
- Swati: Eastern Cape
- Swedish: Eastern Cape
- Swedish: Östra Kap
- Swedish: Östra Kapprovinsen
- Tajik: Кейпи Шарқӣ
- Tamil: கிழக்கு கபே
- Tamil: கிழக்கு கேப்
- Telugu: తూర్పు కేప్
- Thai: อีสเทิร์น เคป
- Tswana: Eastern Cape
- Turkish: Doğu Kap
- Ukrainian: Східна Капська провінція
- Ukrainian: Східний Кейп
- Ukrainian: Східно-Капська провінція
- Urdu: مشرقی کیپ
- Venda: Kapa Vhubvaḓuvha
- Vietnamese: Đông Cape
- Volapük: Lofüdakepiän
- Waray (Philippines): Sinirangan Cape
- Western Panjabi: لیندا کیپ
- Western Panjabi: مشرقی کیپ
- Wu Chinese: 东开普省
- Xhosa: IPhondo laseMpuma-Koloni
- Xhosa: IPhondo yaMpuma-Koloni
- Yoruba: Eastern Cape
- Yoruba: Eastern Cape Province
- Yue Chinese: 東開普
- Zulu: IMpumalanga Kapa
- Zulu: Mpuma-Koloni
- Itä-Kap
- Provincia del Capo Orientale
- Східнокапська провінція
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Eastern Cape. Photo: Jon Rawlinson, CC BY 2.0.