Mthatha

Mthatha was once the capital of the former Transkei homeland of , but is now one of the larger towns in the . If you're heading to the it's the last place to get decent provisions.
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  • City with about 96,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 690 metres (2,280 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code UTT
  • …was formerly known as “Umtata”
  • Description: town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mthatha General Hospital and Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital.
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Mthatha

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Latitude
-31.5896° or 31° 35′ 23″ south
Longitude
28.7878° or 28° 47′ 16″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZA UTT
Open location code
4GWCCQ6Q+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262722333
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
946058
Wiki­data ID
Q1020914

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Mthatha” goes by many names.
MthathaAfrikaans
UmtataAfrikaans
مثاتاArabic
ՈւմտատաArmenian
MthathaAsturian
তাতাBengali
МтхатхаBulgarian
MthathaCatalan
UmtataCatalan
MthathaCebuano
УмтатаChechen
乌姆塔塔Chinese
烏姆塔塔Chinese
MthathaCroatian
UmtataCroatian
MthathaDanish
MthathaDutch
UmtataDutch
متاتاEgyptian Arabic
MthathaEstonian
MthathaFinnish
MthathaFrench
UmtataFrench
MthathaGerman
ΟυμτάταGreek
મથથાGujarati
था थाHindi
MthathaIndonesian
MthathaItalian
ウムタタJapanese
ಥಾಥ ,Kannada
마타타Korean
움타타Korean
MtataLatvian
MtataLithuanian
MthathaMalagasy
MthathaMalay
मथाथाMarathi
MthathaNorwegian
MthathaNorwegian Bokmål
UmtataNorwegian Bokmål
MthathaNorwegian Nynorsk
UmtataNorwegian Nynorsk
MthathaPedi
متاتاPersian
MthathaPolish
UmtataPolish
MthathaPortuguese
UmtataPortuguese
MthathaRomanian
UmtataRomanian
УмтатаRussian
MthathaShona
ම්තතාSinhala
MthathaSpanish
MthathaSwahili
MthathaSwati
MthathaSwedish
UmtataSwedish
ம்தாதாTamil
మథాథాTelugu
เอ็มทาทาThai
MthathaTswana
MthathaTurkish
МтатаUkrainian
متھاتھاUrdu
MthathaVenda
MthathaVietnamese
MthathaWelsh
MthathaXhosa
MthathaYoruba
UmtataYoruba
MthathaZulu

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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