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'''Gqeberha''' ({{respell|Guhh|KEY|burr|haw|}} {{IPA-xh|ᶢǃʱɛ̀ɓéːxà|lang}}), formerly known as '''Port Elizabeth''' and colloquially often referred to as '''P.E.''',{{efn|also known as '''iBhayi''' in [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]],<ref name="dsaeIbhayi">{{Cite web|title=Ibhayi – definition of Ibhayi in A Dictionary of South African English – DSAE|url=https://dsae.co.za/entry/ibhayi/e03153|access-date=2020-07-20|website=dsae.co.za}}</ref> and historically known as '''The Bay'''<ref name="Pettman">{{cite book|last=Pettman|first=Charles|title=Africanderisms; a glossary of South African colloquial words and phrases and of place and other names|year=1913|publisher=Longmans, Green and Co.|pages=51|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924026563795#page/n71/mode/2up}}</ref>}} is a major seaport and the most populous city in the [[Eastern Cape]] province of [[South Africa]]. It is the seat of the [[Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality]], South Africa's second-largest metropolitan district by area size.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.southafrica.net/gl/en/travel/article/get-to-know-south-africa-s-friendly-city-port-elizabeth|title=Get to Know South Africa's Friendly City – Port Elizabeth, EC (GL)|website=www.southafrica.net|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> It is the sixth-most-populous city in South Africa<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/biggest-cities-in-south-africa.html|title=Biggest Cities In South Africa|website=WorldAtlas|date=26 March 2019 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geonames.org/ZA/largest-cities-in-south-africa.html|title=Biggest Cities South Africa|website=www.geonames.org|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/southafrica/admin/eastern_cape/NMA__nelson_mandela_bay/|title=Nelson Mandela Bay (Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> and is the cultural, economic and financial centre of the Eastern Cape.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/move-over-cape-town-port-elizabeth-is-on-the-rise/90924|title=Move Over, Cape Town. Port Elizabeth Is on the Rise|last=Dall|first=Nick|date=2019-01-24|website=OZY|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecdc.co.za/about-the-eastern-cape/economy/|title=About the Eastern Cape|website=www.ecdc.co.za|access-date=2020-02-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The city was founded as "Port Elizabeth" in 1820 by Sir Rufane Donkin who was the governor of the city at the time. He named it after his wife, Elizabeth, who had passed away in India. The Donkin memorial in the CBD of the city, bears testament to this. Port Elizabeth was established by the government of the [[Cape Colony]] when 4,000 British colonists settled [[Algoa Bay]] to strengthen the border region between the [[Cape Colony]] and the [[Xhosa people|Xhosa]]. It is nicknamed "The Friendly City" or "The Windy City".<ref name="auto" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.traveller24.com/Explore/10-SA-city-nicknames-and-why-theyre-called-that-20150622|title=10 SA city nicknames, and why they're called that|date=2015-06-22|website=Traveller|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=10 SA city nicknames, and why they're called that |url=https://www.news24.com/News24/10-SA-city-nicknames-and-why-theyre-called-that-20150622 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019, the Eastern Cape Geographical Names Committee recommended that Port Elizabeth be renamed ''Gqeberha'', after the Xhosa and Southern [[Khoe languages|Khoe]] name for the [[Baakens River]] that flows through the city. The city's name change was officially gazetted on 23 February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-02-23-it-is-official-port-elizabeth-has-a-new-name-gqeberha/|title=It is official, Port Elizabeth has a new name — Gqeberha|website=TimesLIVE}}</ref>