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Port Elizabeth (South Africa)

LC control no.n 79056868
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingPort Elizabeth (South Africa)
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Geographic subdivision usageSouth Africa--Port Elizabeth
Variant(s)The Bay (South Africa)
Bay (South Africa)
iBhayi (South Africa)
Die Baai (South Africa)
Baai (South Africa)
PE (South Africa)
Windy City (South Africa)
Other standard no.Q125434
7000861
Associated countrySouth Africa
Special noteOld catalog heading: Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Found inRedgrave, J. J. Port Elizabeth in bygone days ... 1947.
GEOnet Aug. 3, 2005 (Port Elizabeth, ppl, 33°58ʹS, 25°35ʹE)
Wikipedia, July 7, 2019 (Port Elizabeth or The Bay (Xhosa: iBhayi; Afrikaans: Die Baai) is one of the major cities in South Africa; situated in the Eastern Cape Province; often shortened to PE and nicknamed "The Windy City"; 33°57ʹ29ʺS 25°36ʹ00ʺE)
GEOnet names server, July 7, 2019 (Port Elizabeth, populated place, South Africa, Eastern Cape, 33°55ʹ05ʺS, 025°34ʹ12ʺE (-33.917988, 25.570066))
Wikipedia, May 16, 2022 (Port Elizabeth; officially renamed Gqeberha; in 2019, the Eastern Cape Geographical Names Committee recommended that Port Elizabeth be renamed Gqeberha; name change was officially gazetted on 23 February 2021)
GEOnet names server, May 16, 2022 (Port Elizabeth (approved); no variants)
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