Berlin, South Africa

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Berlin

| official_name = Ntabozuko

| pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa#Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|32.874|S|27.588|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Eastern Cape

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Buffalo City

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/260060 |title = Main Place Berlin |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 38.22

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 2046

| population_as_of = 2022

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 94.1%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 0.7%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.1%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 4.9%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 0.3%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Xhosa

| demographics2_info1 = 91.2%

| demographics2_title2 = English

| demographics2_info2 = 4.5%

| demographics2_title3 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info3 = 1.9%

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 =

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 2.4%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 5660

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 5660

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 043

}}

Berlin (officially renamed Ntabozuko on 23 February 2021){{Cite web |title=South African city of Port Elizabeth becomes Gqeberha |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56182349 |date=2021-02-24 |publisher=BBC }} is a small town in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Located about 20 km east of Qonce, it was founded in 1857 by Carl Pape, a missionary, and German settlers of the British-German Legion, and named after the German metropolis of Berlin.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=76}}

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