Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Town Clerk, Municipality Uitenhage
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 3/UIT
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1841 – 1950
History
The Municipality of Uitenhage was created by virtue of a proclamation dated 5 June 1841, published in Government Gazette No 1851 dated 11 June 1841. The municipality was proclaimed under the provisions of Ordinance No 9 of 15 August 1836.
In 1994 Uitenhage became part of the Eastern Cape Province. In 2001 Uitenhage was incorporated with Port Elizabeth and Despatch into the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. On 23 February 2021, Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa approved and gazetted the decision to rename Uitenhage to Kariega.
Places
Eastern Cape.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Uitenhage.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
Uitenhage.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
3/UIT
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
7 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette.