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- former homeland (Bantustan) in the Republic of South Africa
- from 1980 to 1994 de facto independent
- own name: iRiphabliki ye Ciskei
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1973–1994,
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(Source: Library of Congress)
Area: 3.475 square miles
Inhabitants: 677.920 (1981), mostly Xshosa
Density of Population: 195 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Bisho, 11.192 inh. (2011)
Languages: Xshosa languages, English, Afrikaans
Currency: 1 Rand (R) = 100 Cents
Time Zone: GMT + 2 h
Source: Wikipedia (D)
1961 · establishment of the homeland Ciskei (for Xshosa)
1972 · South Africa grants autonomy
1980 · South Africa grants independence (de facto), internationally not recognized
27th of April 1994 · new constitution for South Africa, official abolition of the racial segregation, dissolution of the homelands
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World Statesmen
The name "Ciskei" means "country on this side of Kei River".
Source: Handbuch der geographischen Namen
