Elliot, officially known as Khowa, is a town in

Chris Hani District Municipality Chris Hani is a landlocked district situated in the centre of the Eastern Cape and is made up of eight local municipalities. Most of the communities live in rural areas. The landscape ranges from moist uplands and grassland hills to the arid Ka ...

in the

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province of

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, and lies 80 km south-west of Maclear and 65 km south-east of Barkly East on the

R56 road R56 may refer to: Roads * R56 expressway (Czech Republic), now the D56 motorway * R56 (South Africa) Other uses * R-56 (rocket) The R-56 were five proposed rockets developed by the OKB-586 design bureau under Mikhail Yangel. No formal terms f ...

History

Originally the village was established in 1885 and known as

Slang River Slang River is a river in Mpumalanga, South Africa, near the towns of Volksrust and Wakkerstroom. The Zaaihoek Dam lies on the river. See also * List of rivers of South Africa This is a list of rivers in South Africa. It is quite common ...

, and in April 1894 was renamed Elliot, becoming a municipality in 1911. Named after Sir

Henry George Elliot Maj. Sir Henry George Elliot (25 December 1826 Niagara Falls, Ontario - 29 November 1912 Pietermaritzburg), was a Canadian-born soldier and administrator, and Chief Magistrate of the Tembuland territories in South Africa from 1891 to 1902. He was ...

(1826-1912), Chief Magistrate of the Transkeian territories from 1891 to 1902. It was renamed Khowa in 2017.

People born in Khowa

Mark Andrews (rugby player) Mark Gregory Andrews (born 21 February 1972 in Elliot, Eastern Cape (then Cape Province), South Africa) is a former rugby union player. Career He achieved his Junior Springbok colours in waterpolo while still at school. He switched to rugby ...

* Os du Randt (rugby player)

References

Populated places in the Sakhisizwe Local Municipality {{EasternCape-geo-stub