Griqualand East
Griqualand East ( Afrikaans : Griekwaland-Oos ) was an independent territory and subsequently a district of the Cape Colony in the east of what is now South Africa . It was named after the Griqua who settled there. Today the area belongs to the province of KwaZulu-Natal .
The Griqua people, mixed race of Khoikhoi and Buren , originally from the Cape region, settled in what would later become Griqualand West at the beginning of the 19th century , and from 1826 also in Philippolis in what is now the Free State Province . When the pressure from the Boers became too great, a large number of them moved from 1861 under Adam Kok III. via Basutoland and the Drakensberg to the east. 1863 they reached the "Nomansland" ( "no man's land") in Kaffraria , previously that of the Zulu threatened Amapondo - Chief had left Faku the UK authorities. The area was separated from Natal by the Umzimkhulu . The Griqua founded the town of Kokstad in 1872 and issued their own coins in 1874. In the same year the British took control of the area. Kok died in 1875. In 1877 , the Cape Colony annexed the area through the Griqualand East Annexation Act and named it East Griqualand. The Griqua rebelled unsuccessfully; In 1879 the people's recognition was withdrawn.
Griqualand East covered 19,668 km² with (1891) 152,618 inhabitants, mainly Xhosa . The main town was Kokstad with (1891) 2059 inhabitants. Griqua continued to live in the area. In 1927 a trek led by Andries Stockenstrom Le Fleur moved away from Kokstad. Part of the area came to Homeland Transkei in 1976 , while the remainder remained with the Cape Province . In 1994 the former Griqualand East area became part of the KwaZulu-Natal Province .
Web links
- Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 8. Leipzig 1907, pp. 347-348.
- Full history of Griqua (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 8. Leipzig 1907, pp. 347–348.