title: Peddie, South Africa
text: # Peddie, South Africa
  
  Peddie (Xhosa: iNgqushwa) is a town in the Ngqushwa Local Municipality within the Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
  
  The town is situated 55 km south-west of Qonce and 67 km east of Makhanda. 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.
  
  A large provincial hospital on the outskirts of Peddie is named Nompumelelo Hospital.
  
  