Berlin (officially renamed Ntabozuko on 23 February 2021) is a small town in the

Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality () is a metropolitan municipality situated on the east coast of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It includes the towns of East London, Bhisho and Qonce, as well as the large townships of Md ...

in the

Eastern Cape The Eastern Cape ( ; ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, and its largest city is Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Due to its climate and nineteenth-century towns, it is a common location for tourists. It is also kno ...

province of South Africa. Located about 20 km east of

Qonce Qonce, formerly King William's Town, is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa along the banks of the Buffalo River. The town is about northwest of the Indian Ocean port of East London. It has a population of around 35,000 inha ...

, it was founded in 1857 by Carl Pape, a missionary, and German settlers of the

British-German Legion The British German Legion (or Anglo-German Legion) was a group of German soldiers recruited to fight for Britain in the Crimean War. It is not to be confused with the King's German Legion, which was active during the Napoleonic Wars. Great Britain ...

, and named after the German metropolis of Berlin.

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Populated places in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality German settlements in South Africa 1857 establishments in the Cape Colony {{EasternCape-geo-stub