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Location: South Africa » Eastern Cape » Frontier Country » King Williams Town

King Williams Town between the Garne Route, Wild Coast and F

King Williams Town was originally established by the London Missionary Society in 1826. King Williams Town was destroyed by the Xhosa people missionaries driven away. The Xhosa in turn were driven away by Sir Benjamin D’urban, Governor of the Cape, who proclaimed a new district naming this warm valley of the Buffalo River after Queen Adelaide and the capital as King Williams Town after the reigning British Monarch.

In 1846 King Williams Town was again sacked and burned by the Xhosa. After the last frontier war with the Xhosa in 1856, King Williams Town developed into a prosperous trade centre for the regional tribes and remained a garrison until a few years into the 20th century. After Queen Victoria’s son, Prince Albert visited in 1861 the town was declared a Royal Borough. The economy of this large area is today based mainly on cattle and sheep ranching, and King Williams Town itself has a large industrial base producing textiles, soap, candles, candy, cartons and clothing.

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