With an estimated population of 1,2 million, Port Elizabeth is South Africa's fifth largest city in terms of population and its second largest in terms of area.

Port Elizabeth's famous Opera House on Whites Road is the oldest operating theatre in South Africa.

St Croix & Bird Islands, in Algoa Bay, are home to the worl'ds largest African Penguin and Cape Gannet colonies.

The official Port Elizabeth cocktail is named Sunstroke.

Sixteen dolphin species make their home in the Southern Cape seas, however of these only three can be sighted from the coast - the Bottlenose, Humpback and Common Dolphin.

Sea temperatures range from 16° C in winter to 23° C in summer. The average weather temperature for summer is 25° and for winter 17°.

"Fynbos" is the namen given to a large group of evergreen plants with small hard leaves and incorporates more than 8.500 species of which 6.000 are specific to South Africa.

For hundreds of years, Port Elizabeth was referred to on navigational charts only as a "landing place with fresh water".

Approximately 400 shipwrecks are found in and around the Algoa Bay coastline.

Port Elizabeth is often referred to as "Sport Elizabeth" because of its excellent and varied sporting facilities.