Peelton
Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
32°46′48″S 27°29′56″E / 32.780°S 27.499°E / -32.780; 27.4995605
Peelton is a village 60 km north-west of East London and 16 km north-east of King William's Town. It was founded in 1848-49 as a station of the London Missionary Society. Named after Sir Robert Peel, former Prime Minister of Britain and First Lord of the Treasury in 1834; it takes its name from the Valley of Peel.[1]
References
- ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 362. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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Communities of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape
Seat: East London
- Berlin (Ntabozuko)
- Bhisho
- Breidbach
- Cambridge
- Dimbaza
- Duncan Village
- East London
- Eluxolweni
- Ginsberg
- Gompo
- Gonubie
- Ilitha
- Inglewood
- Kayser's Beach
- Kidd's Beach
- Macleantown
- Mdantsane
- Mount Coke
- Mzamomhle
- Ndevana
- Need's Camp
- Peelton
- Phakamisa
- Potsdam
- King William's Town (Qonce)
- Quigney
- Sunrise-on-Sea
- Tsholomnqa
- Zwelitsha
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