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King William's Town
King William's Town is a town on the Buffalo River in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, founded in 1835 as a military headquarters during the frontier war against the Xhosa and named after King William IV. It was the seat of the short-lived Province of Queen Adelaide and later the capital of British Kaffraria. It was officially renamed Qonce in 2021.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). King William's Town. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/king-williams-town
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- The Epoch Institute. “King William's Town.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/king-williams-town.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘King William's Town’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/king-williams-town (Accessed: ).
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