Morgan Bay
Morgan Bay
af: Morganbaai | |
|---|---|
| Gxarha | |
Morgan Bay | |
| Coordinates: 32°42′14″S 28°20′10″E / 32.704°S 28.336°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Amathole |
| Municipality | Great Kei |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.36 km2 (0.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 321 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 47.5% |
| • Coloured | 0.6% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.6% |
| • White | 47.2% |
| • Other | 4.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Xhosa | 47.9% |
| • English | 40.7% |
| • Afrikaans | 9.5% |
| • Other | 1.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 5292 |
| PO box | n/a |
Morgan Bay, officially renamed Gxarha in 2022, is a village in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
The holiday village of Morgan Bay was given its current name in 1822. It was named after A.F. Morgan, the master of the Barracouta, a survey ship of the Royal Navy. The ship was part of an expedition under Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen, sent out by the British Admiralty to survey the coast from Maputo to the mouth of the Keiskamma River. The nearby Bead Beach (Treasure Beach) at the Double Mouth Nature Reserve is the site of a 16th-century Portuguese shipwreck.