Cathcart, Eastern Cape

Cathcart
Main street in Cathcart
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Coordinates: 32°18′S 27°08′E / 32.300°S 27.133°E / -32.300; 27.133Coordinates: 32°18′S 27°08′E / 32.300°S 27.133°E / -32.300; 27.133
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Municipality	Amahlathi
Established	1858
Area
• Total	30.1 km2 (11.6 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	7,360
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	93.4%
• Coloured	2.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.1%
• White	4.3%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011)
• IsiXhosa	90.6%
• English	4.5%
• Afrikaans	3.1%
• Other	1.8%
Postal code (street)	5310
PO box	5310
Area code	045

Cathcart is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, named after Sir George Cathcart, governor of the Cape of Good Hope 1852–1853.

The town is situated on the N6, just north of Stutterheim en route to Queenstown

Originally a small military post, established during the Eighth Frontier War, it was established as a village in 1858 when German colonists arrived in the region. Work on its railway connection to East London on the coast was begun by the Cape government of John Molteno in 1876 and the line was officially opened on 3 November 1879.