Mthatha
Mthatha was once the capital of the former Transkei homeland of South Africa, but is now one of the larger towns in the Eastern Cape. If you're heading to the Wild Coast it's the last place to get decent provisions.Photo: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Mthatha General Hospital
Mthatha General Hospital is a large Provincial government funded hospital situated in central Mthatha in South Africa.Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital
Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital is a large Provincial government funded hospital situated in central Mthatha in South Africa.Mthatha
- Type: City with 211,000 residents
- Description: town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality, OR Tambo District Municipality, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-31.5891° or 31° 35' 21" southLongitude
28.7891° or 28° 47' 21" eastPopulation
211,000Elevation
694 metres (2,277 feet)IATA airport code
UTTUnited Nations Location Code
ZA UTTOpen Location Code
4GWCCQ6Q+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 262722333OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
946058Wikidata ID
Q1020914Mthatha Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Mthatha
- Afrikaans: Umtata
- Arabic: متاتا
- Armenian: Ումտատա
- Asturian: Mthatha
- Bengali: তাতা
- Bulgarian: Мтхатха
- Catalan: Mthatha
- Catalan: Umtata
- Cebuano: Mthatha
- Chechen: Умтата
- Chinese: 乌姆塔塔
- Chinese: 烏姆塔塔
- Croatian: Mthatha
- Croatian: Umtata
- Danish: Mthatha
- Dutch: Mthatha
- Dutch: Umtata
- Egyptian Arabic: متاتا
- English (Historic): Umtata
- English: Umtata
- Estonian: Mthatha
- Finnish: Mthatha
- French: Mthatha
- French: Umtata
- German: Mthatha
- Greek: Ουμτάτα
- Gujarati: મથથા
- Hindi: था था
- Indonesian: Mthatha
- Italian: Mthatha
- Japanese: ウムタタ
- Kannada: ಥಾಥ ,
- Korean: 마타타
- Latvian: Mtata
- Lithuanian: Mtata
- Malagasy: Mthatha
- Malay: Mthatha
- Marathi: मथाथा
- Norwegian: Mthatha
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mthatha
- Norwegian Bokmål: Umtata
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Mthatha
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Umtata
- Pedi: Mthatha
- Polish: Mthatha
- Polish: Umtata
- Portuguese: Mthatha
- Portuguese: Umtata
- Romanian: Mthatha
- Romanian: Umtata
- Russian: Умтата
- Shona: Mthatha
- Sinhala: ම්තතා
- Spanish: Mthatha
- Swahili: Mthatha
- Swati: Mthatha
- Swedish: Mthatha
- Swedish: Umtata
- Tamil: ம்தாதா
- Telugu: మథాథా
- Thai: เอ็มทาทา
- Tswana: Mthatha
- Turkish: Mthatha
- Ukrainian: Мтата
- Urdu: متھاتھا
- Venda: Mthatha
- Vietnamese: Mthatha
- Welsh: Mthatha
- Xhosa: Mthatha
- Yoruba: Mthatha
- Yoruba: Umtata
- Zulu: Mthatha
- Historic: Umtata
- 움타타
Other Places Named Mthatha
In the Area
- Umtata CentralTown
- IkweziSuburb
- Fort Gale NorthSuburb
- SouthernwoodHamlet
- Fort GaleSuburb
- North CrestSuburb
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. 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 Mthatha. Photo: Xufanc, CC BY-SA 3.0.