Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
- 33.9525.6Koordinaten: 33 ° 57 ' S, 25 ° 36' O
Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (formerly the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality ) is a consortium of South African municipalities Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Despatch and other locations under a common administration of the metropolitan municipality. This merger took place on 5 December 2000. The entire metropolitan community has 1,152,115 inhabitants ( 2011).
With Port Elizabeth as the fifth largest city in South Africa and an important seaport, numerous tourism and Africa's largest factory of VW in Uitenhage, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality is the economic center of the Eastern Cape Province.
Named is the metropolitan municipality after the Nobel Peace Prize Nelson Mandela, who was born in the Eastern Cape.
Structure
The metropolitan municipality includes the following villages:
- Bethelsdorp
- Bloemendal
- Blue Horizon Bay
- Clarendon Marine
- Despatch
- KwaNobuhle
- Motherwell
- Port Elizabeth
- Uitenhage
Townships
The extensive range of industrial settlement developed because of the demand for labor several townships between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage. The dates indicate the origin of each township.
- Walmer Township (1871 )
- New Brighton (1877 ), with the partial settlements Boastville, Elundini, KwaFord, McNamee, Red Location, White Location
- Bethelsdorp
- KwaZakhele (1956)
- KwaMagxaki (1985)
- KwaDwesi (early 1980s)
- Swartkops
- Zwide
- Motherwell (late 1980s)
- Langa
- KwaNobuhle
The settlement White Location was the first factory settlement on the basis of the Native Urban Areas Act of 1923, an early apartheid law built.
History
The region has been especially marked by its industrial development in the 20th century. The Ford Motor Company built a factory in 1924 on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth. General Motors followed in 1926 at the same location. Later settled in the metropolitan area between Uitenhage and Port Elizabeth still Citroën and Volkswagen and Audi to.