East London (J16)

Name: East London

East London,(Afrikaans: Oos-Londen, Xhosa: eMonti) is a city on the southeast coast of South Africa, situated at 32.97°S and 27.87°E in the Buffalo City Local Municipality in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape Province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River and the Nahoon River and Gonubie Rivers, and is the country's only river port. East London today has a population of over 400,000, with over 1.4 million in the greater metropolitan area.
www.eastlondon.org.za/

Keynote address by Honourable Gloria Barry, MEC for Roads and Transport at the launch of the new Kei Rail Coaches, AmaBhele Station:http://www.search.gov.za/info/previewDocument.jsp?dk=%2Fdata%2Fstatic%2Finfo%2Fspeeches%2F2009%2F09022010451002.htm%40Gov&q=(+(g+barry%3CIN%3Etitle)+)+%3CAND%3E(+Category%3Cmatches%3Es+)&t=G+Barry%3A+Kei+Rail+Coaches+launch

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Historic fact:

The Kimmerling Plaque
This plaque, on the corner of Gleneagles and Galway roads, commemorates the first controlled power-driven flight in South Africa.

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It is less known that 80 000 and also 30 000 years ago at the height of the last ice age the shore was further away than it is now, possibly as much as 60 kms in the Tsitsikhamma and 10 to 20 kms from East London.


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