Region · South Africa

Eastern Cape

South Africa

Cities listed

3.36M

combined population

Gqeberha

largest city

34 listed cities in Eastern Cape

Cities listed

15,000 or more people

Largest city

Gqeberha

1,050,078 people

Combined population

3.36M

Of the cities listed here

Share of country

7.2%

Of South Africa's listed city population

Cities in Eastern Cape

All 295 in South Africa

Sortable and searchable. Ranks are within the whole country, not the region. This is not a complete list of settlements — only places GeoNames lists at 15,000 or more.

34 cities


6	Gqeberha	1,050,078	1.6%
13	East London	478,676	0.7%
25	Kariega	291,052	0.4%
34	Mdantsane	205,504	0.3%
39	Mthatha	164,848	0.3%
50	Bhisho	137,287	0.2%
58	Queenstown	118,599	0.2%
74	Qonce	93,072	0.1%
76	Grahamstown	91,548	0.1%
102	Graaff Reinet	62,896	0.1%
105	Fort Beaufort	58,419	0.1%
115	Butterworth	53,086	0.1%
133	Aliwal North	44,436	0.1%
135	Cradock	43,936	0.1%
152	Stutterheim	35,510	0.1%
154	Humansdorp	34,733	0.1%
160	Whittlesea	33,844	0.1%
168	Jeffreys Bay	32,477	0.1%
178	Port Alfred	30,981	0%
193	Dimbaza	26,099	0%
198	Lady Frere	25,041	0%
206	Gonubie	23,733	0%
214	Somerset East	22,553	0%
215	Middelburg	22,380	0%
237	Queensdale	20,009	0%
245	Burgersdorp	19,159	0%
248	Kruisfontein	18,991	0%
254	Clydesdale	18,357	0%
258	Ndevana	18,151	0%
259	Alice	18,141	0%
268	Khowa	17,224	0%
275	Ugie	16,133	0%
282	Tlokoeng	15,884	0%
285	Cala	15,764	0%

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