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Grahamstown ( Afrikaans: Grahamstad ) is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality.

The population of greater Grahamstown, as of 2003, was 124, 758.

The population of the surrounding areas, including the actual city was 41, 799 of which 77. 4 % were black, 11. 8 % Coloured, 10 % white, and 0. 7 % Asian.

Since 1994, there has been a considerable influx of Black people from the former Ciskei Xhosa homeland, which lies just to the east.

The city proper has an overwhelming white majority, while the neighboring townships ( geographically separate, but tied together politically ) have growing Black or Coloured majorities.