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Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Nelson Mandela Bay

Port Elizabeth

Gqeberha is 's fifth largest city. It is on the Indian Ocean coast half-way between and , in the , about 260 km from . It lives up to its reputation as the friendly city and the windy city.
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  • Type: City with 1,050,000 residents
  • Description: city in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Gqeberha”, “iBhayi”, and “PE”
Photo: Georgio, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Campanile (Port Elizabeth) and Port Elizabeth railway station.

Photo: Moongateclimber, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Railway station
is a railway station, located in Port Elizabeth, . In 1873, Prime Minister John Molteno of the Cape Colony commenced work on connecting Port Elizabeth to the developing national railway network, resulting in the station complex being located in the historic central district, near the harbour.

Park
St George's Park is a multi-use park in Gqeberha, . The park is the oldest park in Gqeberha and most commonly associated with the St George's Oval cricket grounds located within the park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kensington and Walmer.

Neighborhood
is an inner-city suburb of Gqeberha, , South Africa.

Suburb
is a large neighborhood of Gqeberha, the largest city in , .

Port Elizabeth

Latitude
-33.9618° or 33° 57′ 43″ south
Longitude
25.6187° or 25° 37′ 7″ east
Population
1,050,000
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
IATA airport code
PLZ
United Nations Location Code
ZA PLZ
Open location code
4GR72JQ9+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25470100
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
964420
Wiki­data ID
Q125434
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Port Elizabeth” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bhayi”
  • Afrikaans: “die Baai”
  • Afrikaans: “Gqeberha”
  • Afrikaans: “P.E.”
  • Afrikaans: “P.E”
  • Afrikaans: “PE”
  • Afrikaans: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Amharic: “ፖርት ኤልሳቤጥ”
  • Arabic: “بورت إليزابيث”
  • Arabic: “بورت إيلزابيث”
  • Arabic: “بورت اليزابيث”
  • Armenian: “Պորտ Էլիզաբեթ”
  • Asturian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Azerbaijani: “Port-Elizabet”
  • Balinese: “Gqeberha”
  • Basque: “Ebhayi”
  • Basque: “Gqeberha”
  • Basque: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Belarusian: “Порт-Элізабет”
  • Belarusian: “Порт-Элізабэт”
  • Bengali: “গকেবেরহা”
  • Bengali: “পোর্ট এলিজাবেথ”
  • Breton: “Gqeberha”
  • Breton: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Bulgarian: “Порт Елизабет”
  • Catalan: “Gqeberha”
  • Catalan: “Port Elisabeth”
  • Catalan: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Cebuano: “Port Elizabeth (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Chinese: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Chinese: “伊丽莎白港”
  • Chinese: “伊利沙伯港”
  • Chinese: “伊利莎白港”
  • Chinese: “伊莉莎白港”
  • Chinese: “吉科巴哈”
  • Chinese: “格貝哈”
  • Chinese: “格贝哈”
  • Croatian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Czech: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Danish: “Nelson Mandela Bay”
  • Danish: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Dutch: “Gqeberha”
  • Dutch: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Eastern Mari: “Гебеха”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورت اليزابيث”
  • Esperanto: “Haveno Elizabeto”
  • Esperanto: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Estonian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Finnish: “Gqeberha”
  • Finnish: “Port Elizabeth”
  • French: “Gqeberha”
  • French: “iBhayi”
  • French: “PE”
  • French: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Galician: “Ibhayi”
  • Galician: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Galician: “Porto Elizabeth”
  • Georgian: “გებეჰა”
  • Georgian: “პორტ-ელიზაბეთი”
  • German: “Gqeberha”
  • German: “IBhayi”
  • German: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Greek: “Γκεμπέχα”
  • Greek: “Πορτ Ελίζαμπεθ”
  • Gujarati: “પોર્ટ એલિઝાબેથ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Hausa: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Hebrew: “פורט אליזבת”
  • Hindi: “पोर्ट एलिज़ाबेथ”
  • Hungarian: “Gqeberha”
  • Hungarian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Icelandic: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Igbo: “Gqeberha”
  • Indonesian: “Gqeberha”
  • Indonesian: “Port Elizabeth, Afrika Selatan”
  • Interlingua: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Irish: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Italian: “Gqeberha”
  • Italian: “iBhayi”
  • Italian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Japanese: “ネルソン・マンデラ・ベイ都市圏”
  • Japanese: “ポート・エリザベス”
  • Japanese: “ポートエリザベス”
  • Kannada: “ಪೋರ್ಟ್ ಎಲಿಜಬೆತ್”
  • Korean: “게베하”
  • Korean: “포트 엘리자베스”
  • Korean: “포트엘리자베스”
  • Latin: “Portus Elisabethae”
  • Latin: “Portus Elizabeth”
  • Latvian: “IBhayi”
  • Latvian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Latvian: “Portelizabeta”
  • Lithuanian: “Port Elizabetas”
  • Macedonian: “Порт Елизабет”
  • Malagasy: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Malay: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Malayalam: “പിഇ”
  • Malayalam: “പോർട്ട് എലിസബത്ത്”
  • Marathi: “पोर्ट एलिझाबेथ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gqeberha”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Norwegian: “Gqeberha”
  • Pedi: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Persian: “بندر اليزابت”
  • Persian: “بندر الیزابت”
  • Persian: “پورت اليزابت”
  • Persian: “پورت الیزابت”
  • Polish: “Gqeberha”
  • Polish: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Portuguese: “Gqeberha”
  • Portuguese: “PE”
  • Portuguese: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Portuguese: “Porto Elizabeth”
  • Romanian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Russian: “Гцгебеха”
  • Russian: “Порт-Элизабет”
  • Scots: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Serbian: “Port Elizabet”
  • Serbian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Serbian: “Гебеха”
  • Serbian: “Порт Елизабет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Shona: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Silesian: “Gqeberha”
  • Silesian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Sinhala: “කෙබේහා”
  • Sinhala: “පෝර්ට් එලිසබෙත්”
  • Slovak: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Slovenian: “Gqeberha”
  • Slovenian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پورت الیزابت”
  • Southern Sotho: “Baye”
  • Spanish: “Die Baai”
  • Spanish: “Gqeberha”
  • Spanish: “iBhayi”
  • Spanish: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Spanish: “Puerto Elizabeth”
  • Swahili: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Swedish: “Gqeberha”
  • Swedish: “iBhayi”
  • Swedish: “Port Elisabeth”
  • Swedish: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Tamil: “எலிசபெத் துறைமுகம்”
  • Tamil: “போர்ட் எலிசபெத்”
  • Telugu: “పోర్ట్ ఎలిజబెత్”
  • Thai: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Thai: “พอร์ตอลิซาเบธ”
  • Thai: “พอร์ตเอลิซาเบท”
  • Thai: “พอร์ตเอลิซาเบธ”
  • Tswana: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Turkish: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Ukrainian: “Гебеха”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт-Елізабет”
  • Urdu: “پورٹ الزبتھ”
  • Uzbek: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Uzbek: “Port-elizabet”
  • Venda: “PE”
  • Venda: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Venetian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Veps: “Geberh”
  • Veps: “Port Elizabet”
  • Vietnamese: “Port Elizabeth, Nam Phi”
  • Vietnamese: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Volapük: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Port Elizabeth”
  • Welsh: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Western Frisian: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Western Panjabi: “پورٹ الزبتھ”
  • Wu Chinese: “伊丽莎白港”
  • Xhosa: “IBhayi”
  • Yoruba: “Port Elizabeth”
  • Yue Chinese: “伊利沙伯港”
  • Zulu: “Ibhayi”

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