Ibhayi
Township in the Eastern Cape, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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iBhayi is a large township near Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is the second largest township in the Eastern Cape province and the ninth largest in South Africa after Mitchells Plain near Cape Town in the Western Cape.[2]
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iBhayi | |
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Coordinates: 33.872°S 25.571°E / -33.872; 25.571 | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
Municipality | Nelson Mandela Bay |
Main Place | Port Elizabeth |
Area | |
• Total | 36.06 km2 (13.92 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 237,799 |
• Density | 6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 98.6% |
• Coloured | 0.9% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.1% |
• White | 0.1% |
• Other | 0.3% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 91.5% |
• English | 3.4% |
• Afrikaans | 1.5% |
• Other | 3.5% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 6001 |
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In January 2023 a residential home in the iBhayi township of KwaZakhele was the scene of the 2023 Gqeberha mass shooting.[3]