Fort Beaufort

Fort Beaufort, officially renamed KwaMaqoma in March 2023, is a town in the Amatole District of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, and had a population of 25,668 in 2011.
  • Town with about 58,400 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 440 metres (1,460 feet)
  • …is also known as “KwaMaqoma”
  • Description: town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Places of Interest

Discover Tower Psychiatric Hospital and Fort Beaufort Martello Tower.
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Latitude
-32.7783° or 32° 46′ 42″ south
Longitude
26.6306° or 26° 37′ 50″ east
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Fort Beaufort” goes by many names.
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Fort BeaufortAsturian
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Fort BeaufortCebuano
博福特港Chinese
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Fort BeaufortDutch
Fort BeaufortEsperanto
Fort BeaufortEstonian
Fort BeaufortFinnish
Fort BeaufortIndonesian
Fort BeaufortItalian
Fort BeaufortMalagasy
ഫോർട്ട് ബ്യൂഫോർട്ട്Malayalam
Fort BeaufortPedi
Fort BeaufortPolish
Fort BeaufortRomanian
Форт-БофортRussian
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Fort BeaufortSouthern Sotho
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Fort Beaufort, Eastern CapeTumbuka
Форт-БофортUkrainian
فورٹ بیوفورٹUrdu
Inqaba yaseBeaufortXhosa
Fort BeaufortZulu

Localities in the Area

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Eastern Cape: Highlights

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