Elliot, South Africa

Elliot
Town Hall in Elliot
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Coordinates: 31°20′S 27°51′E / 31.333°S 27.850°E / -31.333; 27.850Coordinates: 31°20′S 27°51′E / 31.333°S 27.850°E / -31.333; 27.850
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Municipality	Sakhisizwe
Established	1885
Area
• Total	28.85 km2 (11.14 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	14,376
• Density	500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	93.9%
• Coloured	2.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	2.7%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	87.1%
• Afrikaans	4.5%
• English	4.5%
• Sign language	1.7%
• Other	2.3%
Postal code (street)	5460
PO box	5460
Area code	045

Elliot is a town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, and lies 80 km south-west of Maclear and 65 km south-east of Barkly East.

Originally the village was established in 1885 and known as Slang River, and in April 1894 was renamed Elliot, becoming a municipality in 1911. Named after Sir Henry George Elliot (1826-1912), Chief Magistrate of the Transkeian territories from 1891 to 1902.