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Umtata

Umtata, a small town in the Eastern Province of South Africa, formerly the capital of the Republic of Transkei. The town was founded in 1869 by its first Chief Constable, Richard Calverley[?]. The Calverley family arrived as part of the British immigration plan with the 1820 Settlers in Port Elizabeth[?].

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