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The Howieson's Poort site has yielded extremely old evidence for bow-and-arrow hunting and shell-bead jewellery, dating to 65,000 to 62,000 years ago.

Port Elizabeth
South Africa
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Port Elizabeth

South Africa

Country
South Africa
Population
1.3M
Coordinates
-33.96, 25.60
252nd most populous city in the world

Gqeberha, also known by its former name Port Elizabeth and colloquially referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa's second-smallest metropolitan municipality by area.

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