Maritime History

East London, South Africa

East London (Xhosa: eMonti; Afrikaans: Oos-Londen), officially KuGompo City since February 2026, is a city in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of the Eastern Cape Province, on the southeastern coast of South Africa. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River and the Nahoon River, and hosts the country's only river port. As of 2011, East London had a population of over 267,000 with over 755,000 in the surrounding metropolitan area.

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• ▸ARA Alférez Sobral
• ▸HMS Fury (H76)
• ▸Battle of Chios (201 BC)

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