Walmer is a large neighborhood of
Gqeberha
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, the largest city in
Eastern Cape
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,
South Africa
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.
Geography
Walmer is located around south of Gqeberha's
city centre
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and is the location of the
Port Elizabeth International Airport.
History
It was an independent municipality from 1899 to 1965, when it was absorbed by Gqeberha. For unknown reasons, it was named after
Walmer Castle
Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device Forts, Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and ...
, the seat of the
Duke of Wellington
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in
Kent
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
,
England
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.
Notable People
Azola Matrose (Soccer Player)
References
Sources
* Raper, Peter Edmund (2004). ''New Dictionary of South African Place Names''. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Gqeberha
Populated places in Nelson Mandela Bay
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