Uitenhage
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Uitenhage ( ; ), officially renamed Kariega, 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 part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
Key facts
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- English
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- 10.4%
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- Other
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- 2.9%
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- SAST
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- +2
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- Postal code (street)
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- 6229
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- PO box
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- 6230
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- Area code
- Settlement.name
- Uitenhage
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- Kariega
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- Clockwise from Top: View of the town, Cuyler Manor, Victoria Tower.
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- South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa#Africa
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- Country
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- South Africa
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- Province
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Named after
- Kariega River
- Official name
- Uitenhage
- Country
- South Africa
- Population
- 103639
- Elevation
- 103
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Humansdorp
- Image
- 9 2 095 0017-Cuyler Manor-Uitenhage-s.jpg
- Dialing code
- 041
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- Commons category
- Uitenhage
- inception
- 1804-04-25
- postal code
- 6230
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Uitenhage
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Industries
- Transport
- Roads
- Notable people
- Notable animals
- Notable buildings
- Coats of arms
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Uitenhage ( ; ), officially renamed Kariega, 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 part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uitenhage” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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