Bhisho
in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of Eastern Cape, South Africa
-
Bisho Airport (10 mi) - Ben Schoeman Airport (26 mi)
- Butterworth Airport (55 mi)
- Port Alfred Airport (59 mi)
- Queenstown Airport (72 mi)
- Gradock Airport (115 mi)
- K. D. Matanzima Airport (115 mi)
- Port Elizabeth Airport (131 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -32.847 and 27.442 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -32° 50' 49" and E 27° 26' 31"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Rand - ZAR
- Spoken languages:
- Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda, South Ndebele
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 02:48 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 4:57 am and 6:55 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 21.701 and -157.972 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Marconi - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to South Africa.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning South Africa. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Bhisho
Bhisho in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (Eastern Cape) with it's 137,287 inhabitants is located in South Africa about 493 mi (or 793 km) south of Pretoria, the country's capital.
Local time in Bhisho is now 02:48 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Africa / Johannesburg with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Bhisho. The closest airport in South Africa is Bisho Airport in a distance of 10 mi (or 16 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Stutterheim, Peddie, East London, Komga and Fort Beaufort. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 28°C / 83 °F
| Morning Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 21°C / 69 °F |
| Night Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 6% |
| Air Humidity | 48% |
| Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
28°C (82 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, few clouds.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
21°C (69 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
28°C (83 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
House of Traditional Leaders - designed by Ikamva Architects
New House of Traditional Leaders building in Bhisho, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The building- and interior design was done by Ikamva Architects. Project Architect: Johan de Beer.
Videos provided by Youtube are under the copyright of their owners. 
Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
British Kaffraria
British Kaffraria was a British colony/subordinate administrative entity in present-day South Africa, consisting of the districts now known as King Williams Town and East London. It was inhabited primarily by the Ngqika ("Gaika") people, the major branch of the Rharhabe Xhosa.
Bisho massacre
The Bisho massacre occurred on 7 September 1992 in Bisho, in the nominally independent homeland of Ciskei in South Africa. Twenty-eight African National Congress supporters and one soldier were shot dead by the Ciskei Defence Force during a protest march when they attempted to enter Bisho (now renamed to Bhisho) to demand the reincorporation of Ciskei into South Africa during the final years of apartheid.
Eastern Cape High Court, Bhisho
The Eastern Cape High Court, Bhisho (formerly the Ciskei Division and commonly known as the Bhisho High Court) is one of the High Courts of South Africa. It sits at Bhisho and has general jurisdiction over the area of the former Ciskei.
Bhisho Provincial Hospital
Bhisho Provincial Hospital is a Provincial government funded hospital in Bhisho, Eastern Cape in South Africa.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Bhisho.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Bhisho, Bisho, بيشو, Бишо, BIY, ビショ, 비쇼, Bišo, भिशो, بھشو, Бішо, بھیشو, 比绍
