Key facts
- South africa
- 9,415,133 ~ (2022 estimate) Eastern Cape : 5,102,053, Western Cape : 2,326,704, Gauteng : 862,124, KwaZulu-Natal : 405,140, Free State : 320,645, North West : 225,023, Northern Cape : 101,062, Mpumalanga : 50,225, Limpopo : 22,157
- Zimbabwe
- 200,000
- Botswana
- 12,000
- Namibia
- 10,000
- Lesotho
- 23,000
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The Xhosa people (/ˈkɔːsə/ KAW-sə, /ˈkoʊsə/ KOH-sə; Xhosa pronunciation: [kǁʰɔ́ːsa] ) are an ethnic group in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Lesotho. They are the second largest ethnic group in South Africa and are native speakers of the isiXhosa language.
The Xhosa people are descendants of Nguni clans who settled in the southeastern part of Southern Africa displacing the original inhabitants, the Khoisan. Archaeological evidence suggests that the Xhosa people have inhabited the area since the 7th century.