Debe Nek is a town in
Amahlathi Local Municipality
Amahlathi Local Municipality is an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Amahlati is an isiXhosa name that means "a place where many trees are grouped together, a forest". Forests are a key feature of t ...
in the
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha.
The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
province of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
.
Debe Nek's location is 19 km northwest of
King William's Town
Qonce, formerly known as King William's Town, is a city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa along the banks of the Buffalo River. The city is about northwest of the Indian Ocean port of East London. Qonce, with a population of around ...
and 38 km east of
Alice. Debe Nek takes its name from the
Debe
Debe (or Débé) is a town in south Trinidad located in the region of Penal–Debe. Debe has grown from a small settlement into a key transit point which as has merged to some extent with Penal. A denomination high school was established by the ...
(Khoekhoen for 'brackish') River, from the
defile ('nek') through which the Debe River flows. This was the site of the
Battle of Amalinda between
Ndlambe and
Gaika in 1818. It is now a health resort. The area is found in the Middledrift Road near Dimbaza
References
Populated places in the Amahlathi Local Municipality
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