The district of Uitenhage is founded in the Eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist

The town of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape Province was founded when then Commissioner-General Jacob Uitenhage de Mist felt there was a need to improve the colonial administration of the Cape areas. The new district of Uitenhage was then founded and was named after de Mist. Uitenhage is today a thriving industrial town. It boasts the Volkswagen factory which is the largest car factory on the African continent.