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uitenhage wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 geography 3 industries 4 transport toggle transport subsection 4 1 roads 5 notable people 6 notable animals 7 notable buildings 8 coats of arms 9 references 10 bibliography 11 external links toggle the table of contents uitenhage 27 languages afrikaans العربية български cebuano deutsch esperanto español eesti فارسی suomi français gàidhlig italiano 日本語 malagasy nederlands norsk bokmål sesotho sa leboa polski română русский sesotho kiswahili ไทย українська اردو isizulu edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 33 46 s 25 24 e 33 767 s 25 400 e 33 767 25 400 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia place in eastern cape south africa uitenhage kariega clockwise from top view of the town cuyler manor victoria tower uitenhage location within eastern cape show map of eastern cape uitenhage location within south africa show map of south africa uitenhage location within africa show map of africa coordinates 33 46 s 25 24 e 33 767 s 25 400 e 33 767 25 400 country south africa province eastern cape municipality nelson mandela bay established 1804 1 area 2 total 75 35 km 2 29 09 sq mi elevation 103 m 338 ft population 2011 2 total 103 639 density 1 375 km 2 3 562 sq mi racial makeup 2011 2 black african 23 8 coloured 54 7 indian asian 1 2 white 18 4 other 1 8 first languages 2011 2 afrikaans 68 9 xhosa 17 9 english 10 4 other 2 9 time zone utc 2 sast postal code street 6229 po box 6230 area code 041 uitenhage ˈ j uː t ən h eɪ ɡ yoo tən hayg 3 afrikaans œitənˈɦɑːχə officially renamed kariega 4 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 edit uitenhage was founded on 25 april 1804 by landdrost district magistrate jacob glen cuyler and named in honour of the cape s commissioner general jacob abraham uitenhage de mist by the dutch cape colony governor jan willem janssens 5 uitenhage formed part of the district of graaff reinet shortly after its short lived secession the cape colony received a degree of independence when responsible government was declared in 1872 in 1875 the cape government of john molteno took over the rudimentary uitenhage railway site incorporated it into the cape government railways cgr and began construction of the lines connecting uitenhage to port elizabeth and the southern african interior two years later in 1877 uitenhage was declared a municipality 6 nearly a hundred years later as part of the republic of south africa uitenhage became a centre for resistance against apartheid in 1985 police opened fire on a funeral procession in uitenhage killing a number of unarmed people in an event that became notorious as an example of police oppression in south africa under apartheid 7 8 in 2001 it was incorporated with port elizabeth and despatch into the nelson mandela bay metropolitan municipality on 23 february 2021 minister of sports arts and culture nathi mthethwa approved and gazetted the decision to rename uitenhage to kariega along with the neighbouring city of port elizabeth which was renamed gqeberha 9 geography edit uitenhage is situated on the banks of the swartkops river approximately 30 kilometres 18 6 miles north west of gqeberha uitenhage along with the city of gqeberha the neighbouring town of despatch the adjoining township of kwanobuhle and surrounding areas form the nelson mandela bay metropolitan municipality 10 11 uitenhage also lies at the start of the mohair route which leads along route 75 towards graaff reinet the centre for mohair farming in south africa 228 kilometres or 142 miles to the northwest via jansenville on route 75 climate data for uitenhage normals 1993 2022 elevation 157 m or 515 ft month jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec year daily mean c f 22 7 72 9 22 9 73 2 21 7 71 1 19 3 66 7 16 9 62 4 14 9 58 8 14 3 57 7 14 8 58 6 16 1 61 0 18 0 64 4 19 2 66 6 21 1 70 0 18 5 65 3 average precipitation mm inches 60 1 2 37 33 5 1 32 31 6 1 24 53 0 2 09 18 5 0 73 35 2 1 39 12 4 0 49 36 7 1 44 49 8 1 96 50 1 1 97 72 4 2 85 119 7 4 71 573 22 56 source climate charts 12 industries edit uitenhage is known for the large industries situated there the largest of these industries are the volkswagen of south africa and goodyear factories an automotive supplier park alexander park industrial has also been created directly next to the volkswagen factory thus allowing automotive component manufacturers to construct their manufacturing plants close by other industries of note are the food processing giant sovereign foods located in kruisrivier industrial area and the nelson mandela bay logistics park which hosts several other industries including fauricia these industries are heavily interlinked transport edit roads edit the r75 highway also known as route 75 bypasses uitenhage to the east heading north south from graaff reinet to gqeberha with interchanges at the m19 m6 r334 and graaff reinet road the r334 connects uitenhage with coega to the east and with kwanobuhle and the r102 near van stadens pass to the south west the town is also intersected by metropolitan routes such as the m6 caledon street union avenue to despatch in the east the m10 durban street algoa road to bethelsdorp in the south west the m19 botha street to despatch and the m22 marconi street mel brooks avenue to kwanobuhle in the south the main streets through the cbd known as uitenhage central include cuyler street caledon street in upper central and durban street in lower central notable people edit loyiso bala south african r b singer part of bala brothers ground and tkzee 13 mihlali mosi professional rugby player from muir college boys high school linky boshoff south african tennis player from riebeek college girls high school okkert brits olympic pole vaulter joseph petrus hendrik crowe british army officer who was awarded the victoria cross deshun deysel member of the 1996 south african everest expedition 14 carel fourie springbok rugby wing from die brandwag hoërskool nantie hayward south african cricketer who now plays in the indian cricket league allan hendrickse preacher teacher politician during the apartheid era 15 mcebisi jonas former deputy finance minister active member of anc s uitenhage branch 16 deon kayser rugby player 17 johann van der merwe springbok rugby centre 1969 70 british tour from die brandwag hoërskool bicks ndoni former mayor of uitenhage and anc politician smuts ngonyama anc national spokesman during thabo mbeki s era recently appointed south african ambassador to spain anrich nortje south african cricketer 18 charles robert redcliffe labour party politician community leader and anti apartheid activist christo van rensburg south african tennis player atp ranked 19 enoch sontonga composer of nkosi sikelel iafrika which is now part of the national anthem james wide double leg amputee railway signalman and owner of jack the signal baboon 20 garth wright springbok rugby scrum half from muir college 21 lee roy wright south african actor and television presenter 22 lloyiso south african singer songwriter born 1999 notable animals edit jack a chacma baboon trained to assist signalman james wide who had both legs amputated notable buildings edit masjid al qudama 1849 is one of the oldest mosques in the country 23 cuyler manor historic house museum coats of arms edit drostdy in 1804 the cape colonial government assigned the shield of jacob abraham uitenhage de mist s arms to the new uitenhage drostdy the arms were sable a cross moline argent i e a silver cross moline on a black shield an anchor was placed behind the shield 24 the british authorities discontinued the drostdy seals in 1814 and replaced them with the royal coat of arms 25 municipality in 1881 the uitenhage municipal council adopted the de mist arms complete with a crest consisting of a cross moline issuing from a gold coronet 26 the arms were registered with the cape provincial administration in september 1956 27 and at the bureau of heraldry in june 1994 28 divisional council the uitenhage divisional council the local authority for the rural areas outside the town assumed a coat of arms in 1968 the arms were granted by the provincial administrator in august 1968 29 and registered at the bureau of heraldry in june 1972 28 on the arms were stated or a triple crowned tree vert the trunk entwined with the batavian tricolour on a chief wavy sable a cross moline between dexter a pickaxe and hammer in saltire handles downwards and sinister two scrolls in saltire argent in layman s terms the design was a golden shield displaying from top to bottom a crossed pickaxe and hammer a cross moline and two crossed scrolls on a black horizontal strip with a wavy edge and a triple crowned tree with a batavian republic flag wrapped around it the crest was an elephant and the motto per laborem ad honorem references edit robson linda gillian 2011 annexure a the royal engineers and settlement planning in the cape colony 1806 1872 approach methodology and impact phd thesis university of pretoria pp xlv lii hdl 2263 26503 based on floyd 1960 20 26 1 2 3 4 main place uitenhage census 2011 lass roger 1990 a standard south african vowel system in ramsaran susan ed studies in the pronunciation of english a commemorative volume in honour of a c gimson routledge p 283 isbn 978 0 41507180 2 two sa airports and port elizabeth just got official new names businessinsider retrieved 2021 02 24 uitenhage is founded sahistory archived from the original on 15 october 2009 retrieved 14 february 2010 burman jose 1984 early railways at the cape cape town human rousseau p 66 isbn 0 7981 1760 5 thornton r j 1990 the shooting at uitenhage south africa 1985 the context and interpretation of violence american ethnologist 17 2 217 236 doi 10 1525 ae 1990 17 2 02a00020 jstor 645077 s2cid 73539066 justice home it is official port elizabeth has a new name gqeberha heraldlive 23 february 2021 retrieved 2021 02 24 distance port elizabeth nelson mandela bay eastern cape zaf uitenhage nelson mandela bay metropolitan municipality eastern cape zaf air line driving route midpoint www distance to retrieved 2020 08 09 port elizabeth map south africa google satellite maps www maplandia com retrieved 2020 08 09 zepner laura karrasch pierre wiemann felix bernard lars uitenhage south africa years 1993 2022 climatecharts net an interactive climate analysis web platform international journal of digital earth doi 10 1080 17538947 2020 1829112 retrieved 20 march 2024 nelson mandela bay municipality loyiso bala nelsonmandelabay gov za combrinck heilie 30 june 2016 first local tedx conference hosts famous guests ud news uitenhage retrieved 30 august 2016 mcgregor liz 21 march 2005 obituary the rev allan hendrickse ud news uitenhage retrieved 30 august 2016 reporter citizen details how mcebisi jonas could make his political comeback the citizen retrieved 2018 03 02 biyela lunga 3 april 2014 kayser happy to share the witness durban retrieved 7 october 2017 moonda firdose anrich nortje espncricinfo espn sports media limited retrieved 16 october 2020 players atp tour tennis atp tour illustrated guide to the southern african coast aa the motorist publications 1988 page 164 the captain s table panel garth wright permanent dead link lee roy wright tvsa co za schalk le roux june 2007 the first mosque caledon street uitenhage pdf suid afrikaanse tydskrif vir kultuurgeskiedenis south african journal of cultural history 21 1 59 retrieved 24 june 2017 it is deduced that the mosque in caledon street was a completed building by march 1849 pama c 1965 lions and virgins cape town gazette 418 15 january 1814 the arms were depicted on a cigarette card issued in 1931 cape of good hope official gazette 2833 28 september 1956 1 2 national archives of south africa nasa database selection www national archsrch gov za cape of good hope official gazette 3470 9 august 1968 bibliography edit sellick w s j 1904 uitenhage past and present souvenir of the centenary 1804 1904 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to uitenhage wikisource has the text of the 1911 encyclopædia britannica article uitenhage places adjacent to uitenhage baviaanskloof kirkwood 54 km addo 45 km hankey 73 km uitenhage despatch 9 km coega humansdorp 88 km skoenmakerskop 44 km note distances by tarred road as per sa explorer uitenhage distances port elizabeth 31 km v t e municipalities and communities of nelson mandela bay metropolitan municipality eastern cape district seat gqeberha port elizabeth cities and towns beachview bethelsdorp colchester despatch gqeberha ibhayi motherwell new brighton redhouse seaview skoenmakerskop swartkops uitenhage kariega van stadensriviermond nelson mandela bay within south africa authority control databases international viaf worldcat national united states israel geographic musicbrainz area other yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title uitenhage oldid 1377143091 categories populated places in nelson mandela bay populated places established in 1804 hidden categories pages 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