Komga, officially renamed Qumrha, is a town situated along the R63 Provincial Route in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
Komga is located approximately 58 km east of Stutterheim and 68 km north of East London.
Komga falls within the Great Kei Local Municipality and the Amathole District Municipality. Komga is the main town and administrative centre/seat of the Great Kei Local Municipality.
The town was founded as a farming centre in 1877 on the site of a military camp established in 1854, and acquired municipal status in 1904. Of Khoekhoen origin, the name means “lots of clay”, “clayey”.
Komga is also home to one of the oldest schools in the Eastern Cape, Komga Junior, as well as St. Paul’s Anglican Church, which is a national heritage site.
