Bhisho: facts

At a glance

• Country: South Africa
• Region: Eastern Cape
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 137,287
• Coordinates: 32.8472° S, 27.4422° E
• Time zone: Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
• Currency: Rand (ZAR)
• Distance to the capital, Pretoria: 793 km (493 mi), straight line

Getting there

• King Phalo Airport (ELS): 41 km (26 mi), straight line
• K. D. Matanzima Airport (UTT): 185 km (115 mi), straight line
• Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ): 212 km (132 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Qonce: 5.9 km (3.6 mi)
• Zwelitsha: 8.2 km (5.1 mi)
• Ndevana: 9.2 km (5.7 mi)
• Dimbaza: 21 km (13 mi)
• Zihlahleni: 26 km (16 mi)