East London: facts

At a glance

• Country: South Africa
• Region: Eastern Cape
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 478,676
• Coordinates: 33.0153° S, 27.9116° E
• Time zone: Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
• Currency: Rand (ZAR)
• Distance to the capital, Pretoria: 809 km (503 mi), straight line

Getting there

• King Phalo Airport (ELS): 8.3 km (5.2 mi), straight line
• K. D. Matanzima Airport (UTT): 178 km (111 mi), straight line
• Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ): 239 km (148 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Willow Park: 9.3 km (5.8 mi)
• Gonubie: 12 km (8 mi)
• Winterstrand: 14 km (9 mi)
• Mdantsane: 16 km (10 mi)
• Windbreak: 34 km (21 mi)