Peddie (Xhosa: iNgqushwa) is a town in the Ngqushwa Local Municipality[2] within the Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

It developed from a frontier post established in 1835 and named Fort Peddie, and became a municipality in 1905.

Named after Lieutenant-Colonel John Peddie (died 1840), who led the 72nd Highlanders against the Xhosa in the Sixth Frontier War.

[3] A large provincial hospital on the outskirts of Peddie is named Nompumelelo Hospital.

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