Bhisho

Bhisho, formerly Bisho, is the capital of the province of . The Office of the Premier, Provincial Legislature and many other government departments are headquartered in the town.
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  • Type: Town with 137,000 residents
  • Description: town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • Also known as: Bisho

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bhisho Provincial Hospital and King William’s Town Nature Reserve.

Hospital
is a Provincial government funded in Bhisho, in . The hospital departments include Emergency department, Paediatric ward, Maternity ward, Gynaecology Services, Out Patients Department, Surgical…

Nature reserve
The King William's Town Nature Reserve is a protected area in in the , South Africa. It is located on the R63 road and is administered by Eastern Cape Parks. is situated 3½ km southwest of Bhisho.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include King William’s Town and Breidbach.

Qonce is a town of 35,000 people in the of . The town is the birthplace of Steve Biko the famous anti-Apartheid activist who died in police custody.

Village
is a neighborhood in King William's Town in , situated in the Border region of the province. was originally established in 1857 as a settlement for members of the British German Legion. is situated 4½ km south of Bhisho.

Bhisho

Latitude
-32.8494° or 32° 50′ 58″ south
Longitude
27.4464° or 27° 26′ 47″ east
Population
137,000
Elevation
535 metres (1,755 feet)
IATA airport code
BIY
United Nations Location Code
ZA BIY
Open location code
4GV95C2W+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262719313
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1019330
Wiki­data ID
Q209533
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Bhisho” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Bhisho
  • Afrikaans: Bisho
  • Arabic: بيشو
  • Armenian: Բիշո
  • Asturian: Bhisho
  • Basque: Bhisho
  • Basque: Bisho
  • Belarusian: Бішо
  • Bengali: ভিশো
  • Bulgarian: Бишо
  • Catalan: Bhisho
  • Catalan: Bisho
  • Cebuano: Bhisho
  • Chinese: 比紹
  • Chinese: 比绍
  • Chinese: 畢斯荷
  • Croatian: Bhisho
  • Czech: Bhisho
  • Czech: Bisho
  • Danish: Bhisho
  • Danish: Bisho
  • Dutch: Bhisho
  • Dutch: Bisho
  • Egyptian Arabic: بيشو
  • Esperanto: Bhisho
  • Esperanto: Bisho
  • Estonian: Bhisho
  • Finnish: Bhisho
  • Finnish: Bisho
  • French: Bhisho
  • French: Bisho
  • French: Biy
  • German: Bhisho
  • German: Bisho
  • Hebrew: בישו
  • Hindi: बिशो
  • Hungarian: Bhisho
  • Igbo: Bhisho
  • Indonesian: Bhisho
  • Indonesian: Bisho
  • Italian: Bhisho
  • Italian: Bisho
  • Japanese: ビショ
  • Korean: 비쇼
  • Latin: Bhisho
  • Latin: Bubalopolis
  • Latvian: Bišo
  • Lithuanian: Bišas
  • Lithuanian: Bišo
  • Macedonian: Бишо (град)
  • Macedonian: Бишо
  • Malagasy: Bhisho
  • Marathi: भिशो
  • Northern Frisian: Bhisho
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bhisho
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bisho
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bhisho
  • Norwegian: Bhisho
  • Pedi: Bhisho
  • Persian: بیشو
  • Polish: Bhisho
  • Polish: Bisho
  • Portuguese: Bhisho
  • Portuguese: Bisho
  • Romanian: Bhisho
  • Romanian: Bisho
  • Russian: Бишо
  • Serbian: Bhisho
  • Serbian: Bišo
  • Serbian: Бишо
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bhisho
  • Slovenian: Bhisho
  • South Azerbaijani: بیشو
  • Southern Sotho: Bhisho
  • Spanish: Bhisho
  • Spanish: Bisho
  • Swahili: Bhisho
  • Swahili: Bisho
  • Swedish: Bhisho
  • Swedish: Bisho
  • Tswana: Bhisho
  • Turkish: Bhisho
  • Ukrainian: Бішо
  • Urdu: بھیشو
  • Venda: Bhisho
  • Vietnamese: Bhisho
  • Western Panjabi: بھشو
  • Xhosa: IBhisho
  • Yoruba: Bhisho
  • Yue Chinese: 比紹
  • Zulu: Bhisho
  • Zulu: Bisho

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