Addo, South Africa

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use South African English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Addo | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|33.567|S|25.683|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = [[Eastern Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = [[Sarah Baartman District Municipality|Sarah Baartman]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Sundays River Valley Local Municipality|Sundays River Valley]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name=census2011>Sum of the Main Places [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/266008 Nomathamasanqa] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/266009 Addo] ''Census 2011''.</ref> | area_total_km2 = 4.3 | population_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | population_total = 16935 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 82.0% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 16.0% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = 0.1% | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 1.0% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.9%  | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | demographics2_title1 = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] | demographics2_info1 = 75.3% | demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info2 = 18.9% | demographics2_title3 = English | demographics2_info3 = 2.6% | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 3.2%   | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = 6105 | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 6105 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] | area_code = 042 }} '''Addo''' is a town in [[Sarah Baartman District Municipality]] in the [[Eastern Cape]] province of South Africa.

Region east of the [[Sundays River]], some 72 km northeast of [[Gqeberha]]. In 1931 about {{convert|680|ha}} were enclosed to form the [[Addo Elephant National Park]]. The name is also borne by a railway station, post office and bridge. Of [[Khoekhoen]] origin, the name probably means '[[euphorbia]] ravine'.<ref name=dosapn>{{cite book|last=Raper|first=Peter E.|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n51/mode/2up|via=Internet Archive|accessdate=28 August 2013|page=52|year=1987}}</ref>

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[[Category:Populated places in the Sunday's River Valley Local Municipality]]