Ciskei

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former Bantustan former country

Ciskei was a nominally independent Bantustan in southeastern South Africa established under apartheid as a homeland for Xhosa-speaking people.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Venda (bantustan) 1
Xhosa territories 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Bantustan ⓘ
former country ⓘ
abolished 1994 ⓘ
borderedBy Cape Province (pre-1994) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transkei NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Bisho NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArmsMotto Siyakunqandwa-Zonke (We shall overcome all) ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
createdAsHomelandFor Xhosa-speaking people ⓘ
createdUnderPolicy apartheid ⓘ
currency South African rand NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateDissolved 1994-04-27 ⓘ
dateOfIndependenceDeclaration 1981-12-04 ⓘ
declaredIndependentBySouthAfrica 1981 ⓘ
establishedAsBantustan 1961 ⓘ
ethnicGroupTargeted Xhosa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPresident Lennox Sebe NERFINISHED ⓘ
flagDescription horizontal tricolour of blue, white and green with emblem ⓘ
governmentType authoritarian regime ⓘ
one-party state ⓘ
hadEnclaveExclavePattern yes ⓘ
hadLimitedInternationalRelations yes ⓘ
hadOwnDefenseForce Ciskei Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadOwnPoliceForce Ciskei Police NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfState Lennox Sebe NERFINISHED ⓘ
integratedIntoNewProvinces Eastern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO3166Status no official ISO 3166 country code ⓘ
laterRuler Oupa Gqozo NERFINISHED ⓘ
leaderTitle President ⓘ
legalSystem based on South African law ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern South Africa ⓘ
locatedOn African continent ⓘ
mergedInto South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
notRecognizedBy United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
international community ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Xhosa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationMajority Xhosa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryEconomicDependence South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForAbolition end of apartheid ⓘ
recognizedOnlyBy South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
selfGoverningStatusGranted 1972 ⓘ
separatedFrom Transkei NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit Eastern Cape Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfSegregationProject ethno-territorial segregation ⓘ
UNStatus not a UN member state ⓘ
usedPassLawsToControlMovement yes ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

apartheid government of South Africa → created → Ciskei ⓘ
Transkei → borderedBy → Ciskei ⓘ
Venda people → formerHomeland → Ciskei ⓘ
this entity surface form: Venda (bantustan)
eastern frontier of the Cape Colony → borderedBy → Ciskei ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xhosa territories