Ciskei

**Ciskei**
	Former bantustan in South Africa
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Instance of	South African bantustan;
Capital	Bhisho;
Official language	Xhosa;
Currency	rand;
Inception	1 August 1972;
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	27 April 1994;
Replaced by	Eastern Cape;
	32° 50′ 58″ S, 27° 26′ 17″ E
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Ciskei was a Bantustan in the south east of South Africa. In 1961 it became a separate administrative region and in 1972 was declared "self-governing" under the rule of Lennox Sebe. It was designated as a homeland for Xhosa-speaking people and in the 1970s Xhosa speakers were resettled there. It was made independent in 1981 but later reincorporated into South Africa in 1994.