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had inhabited the region since ancient times in scattered nomadic groups. About 500 AD the Xhosa speaking Ngunis settled in the area, for the mountain grasslands were a good resource for cattle-rearing. Geographically Mpondoland was a remote area, not strongly affected by the events in the rest of
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at the end of the same year. Finally Mpondoland as well became a British protectorate and in 1894 the amaMpondo were forced to accept the annexation of their own region to the
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in 1976. Finally the region, along with the other areas that were part of Transkei, was reincorporated into South Africa in 1994.
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In recent times (circa 2010) the name of this traditional region of the Mpondo people is being revived for the
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and causing disorder. The segregation of Xesibeland was a first step prior to its annexation to the
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in the north along a coastal strip that is not more than 50 km wide. The
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in 1960. After the quelling of the revolt, Mpondoland was made part of the
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province. Its territory is the former Mpondo Kingdom of the Mpondo people.
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Southern Africa. During the centuries of European navigation on the
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The Complete Field Guide to Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei
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Pondoland (region, South Africa) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
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ships, as well as ships from other colonial empires (such as the
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who married the son of Mpondo Chief Mathayi of the amaTshomane.
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homeland in 1963, which in turn became a nominally-independent
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Old map of the Eastern Cape, showing Mpondoland (highlighted)
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Contributions to the ecology of Maputaland, Southern Africa
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divides Mpondoland into an eastern and a western region.
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Index

EmaMpondweni
Landscape in Mpondoland
Old map of the Eastern Cape, showing Mpondoland (highlighted)
South Africa
Mpondoland is located in South Africa
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Mpondo
natural region
South African
Indian Ocean
Eastern Cape
Mthatha River
mouth
Mtamvuna River
Mzimvubu River
mountainous
vegetation
thornveld
subtropical evergreen forests
coastal valleys
Khoikhoi
San people
Indian Ocean
Portuguese
Grosvenor
Bessie
Faku
Wesleyans
mission
German settlers

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