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Mount Coke is a town in Buffalo City 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 ...
. Station of the Methodist Missionary Society 18 km east 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 ...
. It was established in 1825 by the Reverend S Kay and named after Thomas Coke, who was the first Methodist Bishop and regarded as the Father of Methodist Missions.


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Populated places in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality {{EasternCape-geo-stub