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043. East London (Xhosa: eMonti; Afrikaans: Oos-Londen) is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, [3] in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River and the Nahoon River, and hosts the country's only river port.
On September 1, 2009, Google announced that it started collecting images in South Africa for Google Maps Street View. [9] Google is currently driving around South Africa in Toyota Priuses, taking photographs of locations in the cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban and East London.
East London. Coordinates. 32°58′43″S 27°57′28″E / 32.97861°S 27.95778°E / -32.97861; 27.95778. Area. 3,424 Ha. Governing body. Eastern Cape Parks. East London Coast Nature Reserve is a protected area in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa that is managed by Eastern Cape Parks. [1] It covers an area of 3,424 hectares and ...
Somerset East: 11,068 36,063 3.3 Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality: BUF East London: 2,750 834,997 303.6 Dr AB Xuma Local Municipality: EC137 Chris Hani Ngcobo: 2,484 162,014 65.2 Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality: EC101 Sarah Baartman Graaff-Reinet: 28,653 82,197 2.9 Elundini Local Municipality: EC141 Joe Gqabi Nqanqarhu: 5,019 144,929 28.9
Qonce. Qonce, formerly known as King William's Town, [3] is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa along the banks of the Buffalo River. The town is about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of the Indian Ocean port of East London. It has a population of around 35,000 inhabitants and forms part of the Buffalo City Metropolitan ...
Kidd's Beach is a small coastal resort town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa situated on the Mkhanzi River about 28 kilometres from East London, South Africa. [2] The name "Mkhanzi" is derived from the Xhosa word "umkhanzi", which means "bulrush", or Typha capensis. [3] Kidd's Beach was named after Charles Kidd, who was the mayor of nearby ...
The township of Duncan Village was founded in 1941. It was named after the then Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, Sir Patrick Duncan, who oversaw the opening of what was called a "leasehold tenure area" in the East Bank location. The township was created to solve a housing crisis in East London during the late 1930s and early 1940s.
N2 (South Africa) The N2 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through George, Gqeberha, East London, Mthatha, Port Shepstone and Durban to Ermelo. [2] It is the main highway along the Indian Ocean coast of the country. Its current length of 2,255 kilometres (1,401 mi) makes it the longest numbered route in South Africa.