# Coerney

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Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Coerney Coerney Show map of Eastern Cape Coerney Show map of South Africa Coordinates: 33°27′26″S 25°43′21″E / 33.4573°S 25.7225°E / -33.4573; 25.7225 Country South Africa Province Eastern Cape District Sarah Baartman Municipality Sundays River Valley Established 1752 Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)

**Coerney** is a river and railway station 64 km north of [Gqeberha](/source/Gqeberha), on the route to [Rosmead](/source/Rosmead), situated in the [Sundays River Valley](/source/Sundays_River_Valley) in [Sarah Baartman District Municipality](/source/Sarah_Baartman_District_Municipality). Recorded as early as 1752 (in a journal of A.F. Beutler), the name is derived from Khoekhoen and means 'narrow (not "small") forest'. Formerly also known as Hoender Craal, from Dutch parelhoender, 'guinea-fowl'.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-dosapn_1-0)** Raper, Peter E. (1987). [*Dictionary of Southern African Place Names*](https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n119/mode/2up). Internet Archive. p. 119. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

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