Kaffraria

Kaffraria was one belonging to the British Cape Colony area between British Kaffraria, the districts of Queenstown and Wodehouse, Basutoland, the Colony of Natal and the Indian Ocean.

Kaffraria comprised the districts of Transkei, Tembuland, Griqualand East and Pondoland the. The area encompassed 18,310 square miles ( 47,422 km ² ) with ( 1904) 834 644 inhabitants, of which 16,777 whites. The country is bordered to the northwest of the Storm and Drakensberg mountains, of which several rivers ( Great Kei River, Umtata, St. Johns River, Bashee ) flow towards the sea. It was administered before the inclusion in the Cape Colony (1875-1894) by English commissioners.

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