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The Municipality of Somerset East was constituted on 17 March 1837 under provision of Ordinance No 9 of 1836 (Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette, No 1630 of 17 March 1837).

In 1994 Somerset East became part of the Eastern Cape Province. It forms part of the Blue Crane Route Local Municipality, one of seven local municipalities that falls under the Sarah Baartman District Municipality.