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GQEBERHA PORT ELIZABETH

Gqeberha is a new name for South African city, formerly known as Port Elizabeth. Gqeberha is as also known as Friendly City and Windy City.

Gqeberha is 300km away from East London and its also about 150km away from Jeffrey’s Bay.

Gqeberha is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa’s second largest metropolitan district by area. It is the most-populous city of the Eastern Cape and the sixth most-populous city in South Africa.

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF GQEBERHA

Gqeberha is the new name for Port Elizabeth. A city in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Gqeberha is a Xhosa word meaning which is a name for a Baakens River which flows through the city’s main CBD.

WHEN WAS PORT ELIZABETH RENAMED

The city’s name change was officially gazetted on 23 February 2021.

is it SAFE TO TRAVEL TO GQEBERHA?

Gqeberha is one of the safest cities in South Africa. However, it should be understood that the crime rate is still quite high. It is not recommended to walk around the city at night; you need to move only by car, closing the doors and windows. Do not buy anything from traders when standing at traffic lights.

SURBUBS & TOWNSHIPS IN GQEBERHA

List is not complete

Surburbs	Townships
Summerstrand	Motherwell
Mill Park	Kwazakhele
Humewood	Zwide
Central	Kwamagxaki
Bluewater Bay	Kwadwesi
Perridgeville	New Brighton

HISTORY OF GQEBERHA

The city was founded as “Port Elizabeth” in 1820 by the government of the Cape Colony when 4,000 British colonists settled Algoa Bay to strengthen the border region between the Cape Colony and the Xhosa.
It is nicknamed “The Friendly City” or “The Windy City“.
In 2019, the Eastern Cape Geographical Names Committee recommended that Port Elizabeth be renamed Gqeberha, after the Xhosa and Southern Khoe name for the Baakens River that flows through the city.
The city’s name change was officially gazetted on 23 February 2021.
Located on the western portion of Algoa Bay along the southeastern coast of South Africa, the city lies 770 km east of Cape Town.
It is east of the Garden Route and faces the Indian Ocean.
It covers 251 square kilometers of the Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan area, South Africa’s sixth-largest metropolitan municipality.
The city’s warm oceanic climate ranks it among the top cities in the world for pleasant year-round weather.

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