Gonubie

{{EngvarB|date=July 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Gonubie | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa#Africa | coordinates = {{coord|32.943|S|28.008|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = [[Country]] | subdivision_name = [[South Africa]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of South Africa|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Eastern Cape]] | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_type3 = [[List of municipalities of South Africa|Municipality]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality|Buffalo City]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | subdivision_name4 = | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/260106 |title = Main Place Gonubie |work=Census 2011}} </ref> | area_total_km2 = 10.11 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 11471 | 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 = 26.7% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 2.6% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = 1.4% | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 68.5% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.8%  | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = [[South African English|English]] | demographics2_info1 = 56.6% | demographics2_title2 = [[Afrikaans]] | demographics2_info2 = 20.5% | demographics2_title3 = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] | demographics2_info3 = 19.7% | 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 = 5256 | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 5256 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] | area_code = 043 }} '''Gonubie''' is a beachside town in the [[Eastern Cape]] province of South Africa.

Named after the Gqunube River to the north, the name is said to be derived from Khoekhoen and to mean 'bramble river', after [[Royena]] growing there.<ref name=dsapn>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=183}}</ref>

==About Gonubie== Gonubie has about 11,500 residents, who reside in the lower income area of Mzamomhle, the middle income area of Riegerton Park, and the majority of the residents residing in the middle to upper income bracket avenues and streets. Gonubie has 18 avenues and 12 streets. There is also the lavish riverside area, which is a popular tourist destination. Gonubie main beach is a beautiful sandy beach with a boardwalk of international standard. In 2010/11 Gonubie Beach was awarded the prestigious [[Blue Flag beach]] award. The river serves as a great place for activities such as canoeing and kayaking.

Gonubie is today being developed as a residential [[exurb]] just outside the city of [[KuGompo City]] and has become a [[bedroom community]] with much of its working population commuting to East London to work or study.

==Geography == Gonubie is situated approximately 18 kilometres (11,2 miles) north-east of [[KuGompo City]] on the mouth of the Gqunube River.

==Transport == Gonubie is bypassed by the major [[N2 freeway]] to the west, routing traffic heading north from [[KuGompo City]] towards [[Mthatha]]. Gonubie is connected to the N2 by Main Road at the [[Freeway exit|exit]] 1054.

Main Road ([[M10 (East London)|M10]]) is the sole access route into Gonubie and serves as the main thoroughfare through the coastal town leading from the main beach towards Beacon Bay and East London to the south. ==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Populated places in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality]]