Border Post, Eastern Cape

Border Post
Border Post  Border Post shown within Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°43′23″S 27°30′18″E / 32.723°S 27.505°E / -32.723; 27.505Coordinates: 32°43′23″S 27°30′18″E / 32.723°S 27.505°E / -32.723; 27.505
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Municipality	Amahlathi
Area[1]
• Total	5.28 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	3,052
• Density	580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	99.8%
• Coloured	0.1%
• Other	0.1%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Xhosa	97.7%
• Sign language	1.0%
• Other	1.3%

Border Post is a town in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The name indicates the border post that existed here between the former homeland of Ciskei and the Republic of South Africa, during the apartheid years of 1981-1994.

References

Municipalities and communities of Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape District seat: East London Amahlathi Border Post Braunschweig Burnshill Cathcart Debe Nek Frankfort Kei Road Keiskammahoek Mnyameni Stutterheim Great Kei Chintsa Haga Haga Kei Mouth Komga Morgans Bay Queensberry Bay Sihota Mbhashe Dutywa Elliotdale Hobeni Willowvale Mnquma Blythswood Butterworth Kentani Mazeppa Bay Nqamakwe Qolora Mouth Ngqushwa Bell Bodiam Hamburg Peddie Wesley Wooldridge Nkonkobe Alice Balfour Calderwood Fort Beaufort Healdtown Hogsback Katberg Mhlangeni Middledrift Seymour Nxuba Adelaide Bedford