Gompo | |
|---|---|
  Gompo  Gompo | |
| Coordinates: 33°00′58″S27°51′22″E / 33.016°S 27.856°E Coordinates: 33°00′58″S27°51′22″E / 33.016°S 27.856°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| Municipality | Buffalo City |
| Main Place | East London, Eastern Cape |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.53 km2 (0.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population (2011) [1] | |
| • Total | 2,254 |
| • Density | 4,300/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 99.3% |
| • Coloured | 0.6% |
| • Other | 0.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 93.6% |
| • English | 3.8% |
| • Other | 2.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Area code | 043 |
Gompo is a small suburb of East London in South Africa.
East London is a city on the southeast coast of South Africa in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of the Eastern Cape province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River and the Nahoon River, and hosts the country's only river port. As of 2011, East London had a population of over 267,000 with over 755,000 in the metropolitan area.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European (White), Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.
