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Luxwesa Destination Guide

Discover Luxwesa in South Africa

Luxwesa in the region of Eastern Cape is a place located in South Africa - some 358 mi or ( 575 km ) South of Pretoria , the country's capital .

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Local time in Luxwesa is now 08:04 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Johannesburg " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Teyateyaneng, Quthing, Qacha's Nek, Mokhotlong, and Mohale's Hoek. When in this area, you might want to check out Teyateyaneng . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Luxwesa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Xesibeland

Xesibeland was a region in South Africa lying between Griqualand East and Pondoland in the area around Mount Ayliff. Xesibeland was the traditional region of the Xesibe people (AmaXesibe), one of the Xhosa people groups, closely related to the Pondo people and the Pondomise.

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Located at -30.80 29.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: History of South Africa, Xhosa

Colonanek

Colonanek Pass, . Is situated in the Eastern Cape, province of South Africa on the road between Mount Frere and Cedarville.

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Located at -30.65 29.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 km away
Tags: Mountain passes in the Eastern Cape, Mountain passes of South Africa

Transkei

The Transkei (meaning the area beyond Kei), officially the Republic of Transkei, was a Bantustan—an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity—and nominal parliamentary democracy in the southeastern region of South Africa. Its capital was Umtata (renamed Mthatha in 2004). Transkei represented a significant precedent and historic turning point in South Africa's policy of apartheid and "separate development"; it was the first of four territories to be declared independent of South Africa.

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Located at -31.00 29.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 km away
Tags: 1963 establishments in South Africa, 1994 disestablishments in South Africa, States and territories established in 1963, Transkei

Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets

The Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets is one of the ecoregions of South Africa. It consists of the montane shrubland Biome. The ecoregion occupies the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains, covering an area of 19,500 square kilometers in South Africa's Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces.

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Located at -30.67 29.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 27 km away
Tags: Afromontane ecoregions, Afrotropic ecozone, Drakensberg, Ecology of South Africa, Ecoregions of South Africa, Grasslands of South Africa, Montane grasslands and shrublands