Coerney

Coerney
Coerney
 Coerney shown within Eastern Cape
Coerney
Coerney (South Africa)
Coerney
Coerney (Africa)
Coordinates: 33°27′32″S 25°43′26″E / 33.4588°S 25.724°E / -33.4588; 25.724Coordinates: 33°27′32″S 25°43′26″E / 33.4588°S 25.724°E / -33.4588; 25.724
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Sarah Baartman
Municipality Sundays River Valley
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)

Coerney is a river and railway station 64 km north of Port Elizabeth, on the route to Rosmead, situated in the Sundays River Valley in Sarah Baartman District Municipality. Recorded as early as 1752 (journal of A F Beutler), the name is derived from Khoekhoen and means 'narrow (not "small") forest'. Formerly also known as Hoender Craal, from Dutch parelhoender, 'guinea-fowl'.[1]

References

  1. Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 119. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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