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Berlin, South Africa

Berlin is a small town in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Coordinates: 32°52′26″S 27°35′17″E / 32.874°S 27.588°E / -32.874; 27.588
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
MunicipalityBuffalo City
Area
 • Total
38.22 km2 (14.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)1
 • Total
2,046
 • Density53.53/km2 (138.6/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African94.1%
 • Coloured0.7%
 • Indian/Asian0.1%
 • White4.9%
 • Other0.3%
First languages (2011)
 • Xhosa91.2%
 • English4.5%
 • Afrikaans1.9%
 • Other2.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
5660
PO box
5660
Area code043

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.

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

Roads

The 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

References

  1. "Main Place Berlin". Census 2011.
  2. "South African city of Port Elizabeth becomes Gqeberha". BBC. 24 February 2021.
  3. Raper, Peter. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 76.