Coega is a suburb situated near Gqeberha (formerly known as Port Elizabeth) in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.
The suburb/community of Coega was established as a residential area for workers/employees of the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ), which was established in 1999.
The Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) initiative is a multibillion-dollar industrial development complex customised for heavy, medium, and light industries, and adjacent to a deep-water port, the Port of Ngqura.
The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) is the developer and operator of the Coega SEZ and is responsible for the land-side infrastructure, while the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) develops the deep-water port facility, the Port of Ngqura.