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Port ElizabethPort Elizabeth is a city in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, at . The city is located on Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa. Port Elizabeth, often shortened to "PE", and nicknamed "The Friendly City" was founded in 1820 by Sir Rufane Donkin, the Acting Governor of the Cape Colony, and populated with 4,000 British settlers arriving by sea. The new seaport town was named after Donkin's late wife, Elizabeth. (It was not named for Elizabeth I as many people claim). The British built a concentration camp here during the Boer War to house Boer women and children. In 2001, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality, or Nelson Mandela Metropole, was formed by joining Port Elizabeth with the neighbouring towns of Uitenhage and Despatch and the surrounding agricultural areas. This metropolitan area has a population of 1.5 million. Port Elizabeth is just south of the expanding Addo Elephant National Park, and boasts the highly successful University of Port Elizabeth (to be merged with PE Technicon in 2005 to form Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University) The furthest death attributed to the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami occurred on 26 December 2004 at Blue Horizon Beach, outside Port Elizabeth, 8 000km (5 000 miles) away from the earthquake that caused the giant wave. The epicenter of the earthquake was below the sea, off the western coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia.http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=271&fArticleId=2357542 Demographics As of the census of 2001, there are 1,005,776 people and 260,798 households residing in Port Elizabeth. The racial makeup of the city is Black African 58.90%, Coloured 23.48%, Indian/Asian 1.12%, and White 16.51%. 15.3% of all households are made up of individuals. The average household size is 3.86. In the city the population is spread out with 26.2% under the age of 15, 20.2% from 15 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 26 years. For every 100 females there are 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.3 males. In the city 29.7% of residents speak Afrikaans at home, 12.1% speak English, 0.1% speak IsiNdebele, 57.3% speak IsiXhosa, 0.1% speak IsiZulu, 0.1% speak Sepedi, 0.3% speak Sesotho, 0.0% speak Setswana, 0.0% speak SiSwati, 0.0% speak Tshivenda, and 0.0% speak Xitsonga. 0.2% of the population speaks a non-official language at home. 82.7% of residents are Christian, 6.7% are members of African Independent Churches, 6.1% have no religion, 1.5% are Muslim, 0.4% are Jewish, and 0.3% are Hindu. 2.3% have other or undetermined beliefs. 52.0% of housing units have a telephone and/or cell-phone in the dwelling, 44.9% have access to a phone nearby, and 3.2% have access that is not nearby or no access. 79.5% of households have a flush or chemical toilet. 86.1% have refuse removed by the municipality at least once a week and 3.1% have no rubbish disposal. 46.7% have running water inside their dwelling, 79.7% have running water on their property, and 98.7% have access to running water. 65.0% of households use electricity for cooking, 59.5% for heating, and 75.0% for lighting. 28.2% of the population aged 15-65 is unemployed. Of the unemployed persons, 78.5% are Black African, 18.7% are Coloured, 0.4% are Indian/Asian, and 2.4% are White. 37.2% of Black Africans are unemployed, 23.5% of Coloureds, 9.8% of Indians/Asians, and 4.0% of Whites. The median annual income of working adults aged 15-65 is R 21 837 ($3,528). Males have a median annual income of R 25 056 ($4,032) versus R 18 241 ($2,935) for females. The median annual income by race is R 12 808 ($2,061) for Black Africans, R 20 182 ($3,247) for Coloureds, R 44 065 ($7,090) for Indians/Asians, and R 56 909 ($9,157) for Whites. The annual income distribution in Port Elizabeth is: - No income 2.2%
- R 12 R 4,800 ($2 - $801) 8.3%
- R 4,812 R 9,600 ($803 - $1,603) 13.8%
- R 9,612 R 19,200 ($1,605 $3,205) 22.8%
- R 19,212 R 38,400 ($3,207 - $6,411) 21.2%
- R 38,412 R 76,800 ($6,412 - $12,821) 17.7%
- R 76,812 R 153,600 ($12,823 - $25,643) 9.5%
- R 153,612 R 307,200 ($25,645 - $51,285) 3.1%
- R 307,212 R 614,400 ($51,287 - $102,570) 0.8%
- R 614,412 or more ($102,572+) 0.6%
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