Transkei region

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Transkei_region

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:region
gptkbp:annexedBy	British Empire (19th century)
gptkbp:area	43,798 km²
gptkbp:borders	gptkb:Lesotho gptkb:Eastern_Cape gptkb:KwaZulu-Natal
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Umtata
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:South_African_rand
gptkbp:disbanded	1994
gptkbp:established	1976
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Xhosa
gptkbp:firstPresident	gptkb:Kaiser_Matanzima
gptkbp:governmentType	parliamentary republic
gptkbp:hasCoastline	gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkbp:historicalName	former bantustan
gptkbp:homelandFor	gptkb:Xhosa_people
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Transkei region
gptkbp:independenceNotRecognizedBy	international community
gptkbp:independenceRecognizedBy	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:Eastern_Cape_Province
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Mthatha_River
gptkbp:notableCity	gptkb:Butterworth gptkb:Port_St_Johns gptkb:Mthatha gptkb:Libode gptkb:Qumbu gptkb:Tsolo gptkb:Ngqeleni
gptkbp:notableFeature	gptkb:Wild_Coast
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Xhosa English
gptkbp:population	about 2.5 million (1994)
gptkbp:reintegratedInto	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bizana
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7