New Brighton, Eastern Cape

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New Brighton
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Coordinates: 33°53′56″S 25°35′42″E / 33.899°S 25.595°E / -33.899; 25.595
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
Municipality	Nelson Mandela Bay
Main Place	Ibhayi
Government
• Type	Metro Council
Area [1]
• Total	4.85 km2 (1.87 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	47,917
• Density	9,900/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	99.6%
• Coloured	0.2%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	92.5%
• English	3.0%
• Other	4.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	7070

New Brighton is a township in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It forms part of the greater township of Ibhayi and the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality which governs Port Elizabeth and its surroundings.