Bhisho
Bhisho, formerly Bisho, is the capital of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The Office of the Premier, Provincial Legislature and many other government departments are headquartered in the town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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.
Bhisho Provincial Hospital
Hospital
Bhisho Provincial Hospital is a Provincial government funded hospital in Bhisho, Eastern Cape in South Africa. The hospital departments include Emergency department, Paediatric ward, Maternity ward, Gynaecology Services, Out Patients Department, Surgical…
King William’s Town Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
The King William's Town Nature Reserve is a protected area in Qonce in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is located on the R63 road and is administered by Eastern Cape Parks. King William’s Town Nature Reserve is situated 3½ km southwest of Bhisho.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include King William’s Town and Breidbach.
King William’s Town
Qonce is a town of 35,000 people in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The town is the birthplace of Steve Biko the famous anti-Apartheid activist who died in police custody.Breidbach
Village
Breidbach is a neighborhood in King William's Town in South Africa, situated in the Border region of the Eastern Cape province. Breidbach was originally established in 1857 as a settlement for members of the British German Legion. Breidbach is situated 4½ km south of Bhisho.
Bhisho
- Category: locality
- Location: Buffalo City, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-32.8494° or 32° 50′ 58″ southLongitude
27.4464° or 27° 26′ 47″ eastPopulation
137,000Elevation
535 metres (1,755 feet)IATA airport code
BIYUnited Nations Location Code
ZA BIYOpen location code
4GV95C2W+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 262719313OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1019330Wikidata 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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