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Sesotho. Baye. Gqeberha (Xhosa: [ᶢǃʱɛ̀ɓéːxà]; English: / kɛˈbɛərxə / keh-BAIR-khə[3]), formerly known as Port Elizabeth, and colloquially referred to as P.E., [a] is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South ...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (Xhosa: uMasipala oMbaxa iNelson Mandela Bay; Afrikaans: Nelson Mandelabaai Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit) is one of eight metropolitan municipalities in South Africa. It is located on the shores of Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape province and comprises the city of Gqeberha, the nearby towns of Uitenhage and ...
Port Elizabeth. Provincial Heritage Site. 33°57′44″S 25°37′14″E. / 33.9620834°S 25.6205027°E / -33.9620834; 25.6205027 ( SAHRA identifier 9/2/073/0005 - Donkin Reserve, Port Elizabeth) Port Elizabeth owes its origin and development in a large measure to the arrival of the British Settlers in 1820.
The Sarah Baartman district covers an area of 58,243 square kilometres (22,488 sq mi) in the southwestern part of the Eastern Cape province. It extends to the Great Fish River in the east and the Sneeuberge in the north. The metropolitan area around Gqeberha is excluded from the district, being in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
Motherwell is a township with about 140000 inhabitants (2011) about 25 km north of the Gqeberha city centre and is situated on the northern outskirts of the city's metropolitan area. [3] It is separated into blocks called "NU"s [Native Units] (e.g. NU5 or NU8). [4]
Bird Islands. Settlements. Gqeberha, Coega, Bluewater Bay [1] Algoa Bay is a maritime bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is located on the east coast, 683 kilometres (424 mi) east of the Cape of Good Hope. Algoa Bay is bounded in the west by Cape Recife and in the east by Cape Padrone. The bay is up to 436 m (1,430 ft) deep.
This university has its main administration in the coastal city of Gqeberha. Nelson Mandela University was founded through a merger of three institutions in January 2005, but its history dates back to 1882, with the foundation of the Port Elizabeth Art School. It is a comprehensive university offering professional and vocational training.
Addo Elephant National Park. Addo Elephant National Park is a diverse wildlife conservation park situated close to Gqeberha in South Africa and is one of the country's 20 national parks. It currently ranks third in size after Kruger National Park and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.