East London

Overview

East London (now also referred to as Buffalo City) is a City in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. East London is situated on the east coast of South Africa, boasting the only deep water river harbour. Following the recent renaming, the city is now officially named Buffalo City. Buffalo City now incorparates King Williams Town and smaller surrounding towns too. Though the renaming is offiacial most people still refer it still as East London. The East London Airport code is still ELS which references to the old naming. However the airport too will undergo a name change in the near future.

History