Port Elizabeth
ane o the lairgest ceeties in Sooth Africae
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Port Elizabeth (Xhosa: Ebhayi; colloquial The Bay[2] or Afrikaans: Die Baai) is ane o the lairgest ceeties in Sooth Africae, situatit in the Eastren Cape, 770 km (478 mi) east o Cape Toun. The ceety, aften shortened tae PE an elknamit "The Friendly Ceety" or "The Windy Ceety", stretches for 16 km alang Algoa Bay, an is ane o the major seaports in Sooth Africae.
Port Elizabeth Die Baai (in Afrikaans) iBhayi (in Xhosa) | |
|---|---|
 Ceety Haw, Mercat Square, Port Elizabeth. | |
| Kintra | Sooth Africae |
| Province | Eastren Cape |
| Municipality | Nelson Mandela Bay |
| Established | 1820 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Athol Trollip (DA) |
| Area | |
| • City | 251.03 km2 (96.92 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1959 km2 (756 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • City | 312,392 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,152,915 |
| • Metro density | 590/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 30.6% |
| • Coloured | 27.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 3.2% |
| • White | 37.8% |
| • Other | 1.4% |
| First leids (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 40.2% |
| • Inglis | 33.2% |
| • Xhosa | 22.2% |
| • Other | 4.3% |
| Postal code (street) | 6001 |
| PO box | 6000 |
| Aurie code | 041 |
Port Elizabeth wis foondit as a toun in 1820 tae hoose Breetish settlers as a wey o strengthenin the border region atween the Cape Colony an the Xhosa. It nou forms pairt o the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality which haes a population o ower 1.3 million.
References
eedit- ↑ a b c d e "Main Place Port Elizabeth". Census 2011.
- ↑ Pettman, Charles (1913). Africanderisms; a glossary of South African colloquial words and phrases and of place and other names. Longmans, Green and Co. p. 51.