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Gqeberha

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Street map of the area around Gqeberha; the red dot marks 33°57′29″S 25°36′00″E
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Gqeberha, which was previously called Port Elizabeth, serves as a major seaport and holds the title of the Eastern Cape province's most populous city.[1] On 23 February 2021, the settlement's official designation became Gqeberha, a term from the Xhosa language that refers to the Baakens River.[2][3]

Geography and history

The region around Algoa Bay saw its first inhabitants, hunter-gatherer groups who were ancestors of the San people, settling there a minimum of 10,000 years in the past.[4] During 1799, British forces constructed Fort Frederick to keep watch over the location that would eventually become Gqeberha.[5] Sir Rufane Donkin, who was serving as the acting Governor of the Cape Colony, established the settlement in 1820 under the name Port Elizabeth, choosing that name to honor his wife Elizabeth.[6][7] The Cape Colony government brought about the founding of the town by arranging for 4,000 British colonists to settle in Algoa Bay, with the aim of reinforcing the frontier area between the Cape Colony and the Xhosa people.[6][7]

Trade received a significant boost and the population grew quickly after the railway line connecting the city to Kimberley was finished in 1873.[8][9] Starting in 1962, the apartheid regime's Group Areas Act forced the relocation of non-white residents, which led to the construction of several townships.[10]

What the cited sources add

The "South African blacks boycott apartheid in Port Elizabeth, 1985–86" account notes that black South Africans experienced discrimination in facilities, workplaces, educational institutions, medical care, and public services.[11] The economic boycott began on 15 July 1985 and was met with a 100% compliance rate as noted by observers.[11] The "Get to Know South Africa's Friendly City" source describes the city as lying 770km east of Cape Town and forming part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro.[12] The "Info Please" article confirms that the city grew rapidly after 1873, when a railroad to Kimberley began.[9]

Geography and success

Because of the swift economic expansion centered on the harbor, the city acquired the nickname "the Liverpool of South Africa".[8][13]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Gqeberha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; "Port Elizabeth", www.southafrica.net (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Gqeberha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "It is official, Port Elizabeth has a new name — Gqeberha", TimesLIVE (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Gqeberha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Meiring, "New Port Elizabeth name announced", Cape Business News, 2019-11-10; "BREAKING | It is official, Port Elizabeth has a new name — Gqeberha", DispatchLIVE (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Gqeberha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The San", SA History (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Gqeberha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Fort Frederick", Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Gqeberha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Get to Know South Africa's Friendly City – Port Elizabeth, EC (GL)", www.southafrica.net; "10 SA city nicknames, and why they're called that", Traveller, 2015-06-22; "10 SA city nicknames, and why they're called that", News24, 4 June 2015 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Gqeberha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Roberts, "Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat", Harper & Brothers, 1837, p. 388 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Gqeberha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Burman, Jose (1984). Early Railways at the Cape. Cape Town. Human & Rousseau, p.66.; "Info Please article", Info Please; "Aloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth | South African History Online", www.sahistory.org.za (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  9. "Info Please article", Info Please. facts only, no text reused. infoplease.com
  10. Wikipedia, "Gqeberha" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "History Of South End", South End Museum (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. "South African blacks boycott apartheid in Port Elizabeth, 1985–86", Global Non-Violent Action Database. facts only, no text reused. nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu
  12. "Get to Know South Africa's Friendly City – Port Elizabeth, EC (GL)", www.southafrica.net. facts only, no text reused. southafrica.net
  13. "Aloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth | South African History Online", www.sahistory.org.za. facts only, no text reused. sahistory.org.za

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Gqeberha (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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