BARKLY EAST, a town in South Africa, 5,900f t. above sea-level; situated on the Kraai and Lange Kloof rivers, 82m. by road from Aliwal North. It is connected with railhead at New England (13m.) by post-cart. The white population in 1931 was 1,009. Barkly East, which is named of ter Sir Henry Barkly, Gov ernor of the Cape 187o--77, is the centre of a district of the same name. The surrounding country is mountainous, and some of the neighbouring peaks of the Drakenberg reach about io,000 feet. The climate is healthy, and local pasture is very suitable for sheep breeding.