Kariega
Uitenhage | |
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Clockwise from Top: Vier of the town, Cuyler Manor, Victoria Tower. | |
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| Coordinates: 33°46′S 25°24′E / 33.767°S 25.400°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| Municipality | Nelson Mandela Bay |
| Established | 1804[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 75.35 km2 (29.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 103 m (338 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 103,639 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 23.8% |
| • Coloured | 54.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 1.2% |
| • White | 18.4% |
| • Other | 1.8% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 68.9% |
| • Xhosa | 17.9% |
| • English | 10.4% |
| • Other | 2.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 6229 |
| PO box | 6230 |
| Area code | 041 |
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Uitenhage (/ˈjuːtənheɪɡ/ YOO-tən-hayg;[3] Afrikaans: [œitənˈɦɑːχə]), officially renamed Kariega,[4] is a South African town in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent. Along with the city of Port Elizabeth and the small town of Despatch, it forms the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
- ^ Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A". The Royal Engineers and Settlement Planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, Methodology and Impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503., based on Floyd (1960:20–26)
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Uitenhage". Census 2011.
- ^ Lass, Roger (1990), "A 'standard' South African vowel system", in Ramsaran, Susan (ed.), Studies in the Pronunciation of English: A Commemorative Volume in Honour of A.C. Gimson, Routledge, p. 283, ISBN 978-0-41507180-2
- ^ "Two SA airports – and Port Elizabeth – just got official new names". BusinessInsider. Retrieved 2021-02-24.