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IQonce, eyayisakuba iyi King William's Town,[1] yidolophu ekwiphondo laseMpuma Koloni eMzantsi Afrika kufuthane koMlambo iBuffalo. Le dolophu imalunga nama 60 kilometres (37 mi) kumntla-ntshona wezibuko loLwandlekazi iIndiya eMpuma London. Inabemi abamalunga nama-35,000 kwaye iyinxalenye yoMasipala oMbaxa weSixeko saseBuffalo.

Le dolophu ikwindawo ezingama 389 m (1,276 ft) ngaphezulu komphakamo wolwandle umlinganiselo phantsi kweeNtaba zaseAmathole kwindawo edume ngezolimo. Le dolophu inenye yeeofisi zeposi ezindala kweli lizwe evaliswa ngabavangeli abakhokelwa nguCharles Brownlee.[2]

Kangangamawaka eminyaka, le ndawo yayizula-zula ngamaQembu, yaze emva koko yasetyenziswa njengedlelo ngamaKhoikhoi awayehlala eBuffalo River Qonce. AmaXhosa ayehlala kufutshane namaKhoikhoi ekugqibeleni athabatha umhlaba emva kokuba uKumkanikazi uHoho oyisiwe emfazweni noKumkani uNgqika kaMlawu. [3]

Idolophu kaKing William yasekwa nguSir Benjamin d'Urban ngekaCanzibe 1835 ngexesha leMfazwe yamaXhosa yaloo nyaka. Le dolophu yakhiwe kwindawo yenkosi encinci uDyani Tyatyu kwaye yathiywa ngegama likaWilliam IV. Yashiywa ngeyoMnga ngonyaka ka-1836, kodwa yaphinda yahlalwa ngo-1846 kwaye yayilikomkhulu leBritish Kaffraria ukususela ekudalweni kwayo ngo-1847 ukuya kuhlanganiswa kwayo ngo-1865 neCape Colony. KwiCape Colony yayo, urhulumente wayo wasekhaya wawubizwa ngokuba yiborough, endaweni yokuba ngumasipala. Uninzi lwamakoloniyali kwizithili ezikufutshane luyinzala yamalungu eBritish German Legion awachithwa emva kweMfazwe yaseCrimea kwaye anikwa amakhaya kwiCape Colony; yiyo loo nto amagama anje ngeBerlin, Braunschweig, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Potsdam kunye neStutterheim anikwa iindawo zokuhlala kweli candelo lelizwe.

  1. "Two SA airports – and Port Elizabeth – just got official new names" businessinsider.co.za 23 February 2021 archived from the original on 2021-11-17 retrieved 24 February 2021
  2. "King William's Town – Steeped in History" www.privateproperty.co.za retrieved 24 August 2021
  3. Wells, Julia C. (2012) The Return of MaKhanda: Exploring the legend Scottsville, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press p. 76 ISBN 978-1-86914-238-4