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Coordinates: 33°11′46″S 27°06′58″E / 33.196°S 27.116°E / -33.196; 27.116
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Municipality	Ngqushwa
Area
• Total	37.32 km (14.41 sq mi)
Population
• Total	4,658
• Density	120/km (320/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	98.2%
• Coloured	1.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	0.2%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	86.4%
• English	7.5%
• Afrikaans	1.5%
• Other	4.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	5640
PO box	5640
Area code	040

Peddie (Xhosa: iNgqushwa) is a town in the Ngqushwa Local Municipality within the Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

The town is situated 55 km south-west of Qonce and 67 km east of Makhanda. It developed from a frontier post established in 1835 and named Fort Peddie, and became a municipality in 1905. Named after Lieutenant-Colonel John Peddie (died 1840), who led the 72nd Highlanders against the Xhosa in the Sixth Frontier War.

A large provincial hospital on the outskirts of Peddie is named Nompumelelo Hospital.

References

1. ^ "Main Place Peddie". Census 2011.
2. "Overview | Ngqushwa Local Municipality". ngqushwamun.gov.za. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
3. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 359.
4. "Eastern Cape Department of Health - Nompumelelo Hospital". Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

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District seat: East London
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Great Kei	Cintsa (Chintsa) Haga Haga Kei Mouth Komga Morgan Bay Queensberry Bay Sihota
Mbhashe	Idutywa (Dutywa) Elliotdale Hobeni Willowvale
Mnquma	Blythswood Butterworth (Gcuwa) Kentani (Centane) Mazeppa Bay Nqamakwe Qolora Mouth
Ngqushwa	Bell Bodiam Hamburg Peddie Wesley Wooldridge
Raymond Mhlaba	Adelaide Alice Balfour Bedford Calderwood Fort Beaufort Healdtown Hogsback Katberg Kwezana Hertzog (Mhlangeni) Middledrift (Ixesi) Seymour

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