Colchester, South Africa

Colchester is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It forms part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality which governs Gqeberha and surrounding towns and suburbs.

Colchester
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Coordinates: 33.683333°S 25.8°E / -33.683333; 25.8
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
Municipality	Nelson Mandela Bay
Area [1]
• Total	5.73 km2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,073
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	41.8%
• Coloured	20.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	35.9%
• Other	1.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	48.5%
• Xhosa	33.2%
• English	14.7%
• Other	3.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	6175
PO box	6001

Geography

The small town of Colchester lies about 40 kilometres north-east of Port Elizabeth (since 2021 renamed Gqeberha). It also lies on the N2 about 20 minutes from Port Elizabeth and an hour from Makhanda.^[2][3]

It lies on the banks of the Sundays River and the south-eastern border of the Sundays River Valley region.^[4]