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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 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
Municipality | Nelson Mandela Bay |
Main Place | Ibhayi |
Government | |
• Type | Metro Council |
Area | |
• 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) | |
• Black African | 99.6% |
• Coloured | 0.2% |
• Other | 0.2% |
First languages (2011) | |
• 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.