East London

East London, officially KuGompo City since February 2026, is a city in the of the Province, on the southeastern coast of .
Tim giddings, Public domain.
  • City with about 267,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (160 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code ELS
  • Description: city in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • Also known as
    “Buffalo City”
    “East London, South Africa”
    “KuGompo City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buffalo City Stadium and East London City Hall.
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Railway station
is the central railway…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quigney.
Suburb
is a seaside suburb of East London in .
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Latitude
-33.0192° or 33° 1′ 9″ south
Longitude
27.8999° or 27° 53′ 60″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZA ELS
Open location code
4GR9XVJX+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“East London” goes by many names.
East LondonAfrikaans
KuGompo CityAfrikaans
Oos-LondenAfrikaans
Oos-LondonAfrikaans
إيست لندنArabic
Իստ-ԼոնդոնArmenian
East LondonAsturian
Іст-ЛонданBelarusian
ইস্ট লন্ডনBengali
Източен ЛондонBulgarian
East LondonCatalan
East LondonCebuano
东伦敦Chinese
東倫敦Chinese
East LondonCroatian
East LondonCzech
East LondonDanish
KuGompo CityDanish
East LondonDutch
KuGompo CityDutch
Oos-LondenDutch
Oost-LondenDutch
ايست لندنEgyptian Arabic
East LondonEsperanto
Orient-LondonoEsperanto
East LondonEstonian
East LondonFinnish
KuGompo CityFinnish
Oos-LondenFinnish
East LondonGalician
East London, Cabo OrientalGalician
ისტ-ლონდონიGeorgian
Ανατολικό ΛονδίνοGreek
ઇસ્ટ લંડનGujarati
Tûng Lùn-tûnHakka Chinese
Tûng Lùn-tûn, Tûng Cape-sénHakka Chinese
איסט לונדוןHebrew
באפלו סיטיHebrew
ईस्ट लन्दनHindi
पूर्वी लंदन, पूर्वी केपHindi
East LondonHungarian
East LondonIndonesian
East LondonItalian
イースト・ロンドンJapanese
ಪೂರ್ವ ಲಂಡನ್Kannada
이스트런던Korean
Londinium OrientaleLatin
ĪstlondonaLatvian
Ist LondonasLithuanian
KuGompo CityLithuanian
Yst LondonasLithuanian
Источен ЛондонMacedonian
East LondonMalay
इस्ट लंडनMarathi
ईस्ट लंडनMarathi
ईस्ट लंडन, दक्षिण आफ्रिकाMarathi
East LondonNorwegian
East LondonNorwegian Bokmål
East London i Sør-AfrikaNorwegian Bokmål
East LondonNorwegian Nynorsk
East LondonPedi
لندن شرقیPersian
لندن شرقی، کیپ شرقیPersian
East LondonPolish
KuGompo CityPolish
Oos-LondenPolish
East LondonRomanian
East London, South AfricaRomanian
KuGompo CityRomanian
Ист-ЛондонRussian
Istočni LondonSerbian
Источни ЛондонSerbian
East London, Eastern CapeSerbo-Croatian
Istočni London, Južna AfrikaSerbo-Croatian
East LondonShona
නැගෙනහිර ලන්ඩනයSinhala
East LondonSlovak
East LondonSlovenian
لندن شرقی، کیپ شرقیSouth Azerbaijani
East LondonSouthern Sotho
East LondonSwahili
East London, Afrika KusiniSwahili
East LondonSwedish
East London, SydafrikaSwedish
KuGompo CitySwedish
ꠙꠥꠅꠞ ꠟꠘ꠆ꠒꠘSylheti
கிழக்கு லண்டன்Tamil
ఈస్ట్ లండన్Telugu
อีสต์ลอนดอนThai
East LondonTswana
East LondonTurkish
East London, Güney Afrika CumhuriyetiTurkish
Іст-ЛондонUkrainian
ایسٹ لندنUrdu
ایسٹ لندن، مشرقی کیپUrdu
Đông LondonVietnamese
East LondonVolapük
East LondonWaray (Philippines)
East London, Eastern CapeWaray (Philippines)
ایسٹ لندنWestern Panjabi
ایسٹ لندن، مشرقی کیپWestern Panjabi
东伦敦Wu Chinese
东伦敦(南非)Wu Chinese
EMontiXhosa
東倫敦Yue Chinese
East London, Eastern CapeZulu

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as North End and Parkside.
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Wild Coast: Highlights

Learn more about Mthatha and Morgan’s Bay.