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Also Known As	Xosa-Ciskei • Xhosa-Ciskei
Date	1961 - 1994

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Xhosa Xhosa language South African Republic Cape Colony Bophuthatswana Venda Cape Province Mthethwa Gazankulu Swellendam and Graaff-Reinet Zululand Ottoman Empire

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Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape

province, South Africa

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Crown Colony of British Kaffraria

historical territory, South Africa