Berlin (officially renamed Ntabozuko on 23 February 2021)[2] is a small town in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Berlin | |
|---|---|
| Ntabozuko | |
  Berlin  Berlin  Berlin | |
| Coordinates: 32°52′26″S 27°35′17″E / 32.874°S 27.588°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| Municipality | Buffalo City |
| Area | |
• Total | 38.22 km2 (14.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 2,046 |
| • Density | 53.53/km2 (138.6/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 94.1% |
| • Coloured | 0.7% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
| • White | 4.9% |
| • Other | 0.3% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 91.2% |
| • English | 4.5% |
| • Afrikaans | 1.9% |
| • Other | 2.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 5660 |
| PO box | 5660 |
| Area code | 043 |
Located about 20 km east of Qonce, it was founded in 1857 by Carl Pape, a missionary, and German settlers of the British-German Legion, and named after the German metropolis of Berlin.[3]
Transport
editRoads
editThe N2 is the main freeway passing Ntabazuko from Qonce in the west to KuGompo City in the south-east, with off-ramps at La Rochelle Street/Edgar Glass Street. However, the R102 is the main road through Ntabazuko, connecting the small town with Mdantsane and KuGompo City to the south-east.
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 "Main Place Berlin". Census 2011.
- ↑ "South African city of Port Elizabeth becomes Gqeberha". BBC. 24 February 2021.
- ↑ Raper, Peter. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 76.
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