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St George's Park was one of 15 venues in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya selected to host matches during the world cup. It hosted 5 matches during the tournament, including 3 group games, 1 super six game and a semi-final.
Gqeberha, the city's official name since 23 February 2021, is a Xhosa word for the Baakens river, which flows through the city. [24] [25]In 1820, the rising seaport of Algoa Bay was named "Port Elizabeth" in memory of Elizabeth Frances (née Markham), the wife of Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, acting Governor of the Cape Colony. [26]
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 Despatch, and the surrounding rural area. The name "Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality" was chosen to honour former President Nelson Mandela .
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. The harbour city of Gqeberha is situated adjacent to the bay, as is the Port of Ngqura deep-water port facility.
Shamwari Game Reserve is located 75 km outside Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa. An essential focus is the management, development and rehabilitation of an ecosystem that has been returned to a more natural condition after many years of agricultural farming.
The metropolitan area around Gqeberha is excluded from the district, being in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. The southwestern part of the district (west of Gqeberha) is marked by several ranges of mountains that run parallel to the sea, including the Baviaanskloof mountains, the Kouga mountains and the Tsitsikamma mountains.
Lorraine is located 13 km west of Gqeberha's city centre and borders the suburbs of Beverly Grove, Weybridge Park and Woodlands to the north, Goldwater to the north-east, Fairview to the east, Theescombe to the south and Kamma Park to the west.
Swartkops is a village in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The location is on the Swartkops River , 11 km north of Port Elizabeth and 1,6 km from the Indian Ocean. Swartkops means "black hills" in Afrikaans , and the name is said to refer to surrounding hillocks crested with dark shadows.