YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE
This sign on the road to Willowmore depicts the provincial border crossing between the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape.
Please park well off the road, there is enough parking space at GZ.
- Located on the south-eastern part of South Africa, the Eastern Cape province is the second largest province in South Africa
- Roughly defined, the Eastern Cape is the part of South Africa which lies east of the 30 degree east line of longitude and south of the 30 degree 30 minute line of latitude.
- Main languages: isiXhosa 78%, Afrikaans 10%, English 5%
- Major industries: Automotive, tourism, agriculture, agroprocessing, renewable energy
- The Eastern Cape is the only one of South Africa’s nine provinces to have all seven of its biomes, or ecological zones, within its boundaries. This gives it a tremendous diversity of climates, allowing for a vast range of activities.