Bethelsdorp

Bethelsdorp is a town in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, 20 km north-west of Port Elizabeth.

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Instance of: town
Country: South Africa
Located in: Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Image: 000000 Alms Houses Alms St BethelsdorpA-s.jpg
Dialing code: 041

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inception: 1803-01-01
postal code: 6003

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Bethelsdorp is a town in Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, 20 km north-west of Port Elizabeth.

==History== The town was established in 1803 by Rev. J.T. van der Kemp on the farm Roodepas of Theunis Botha as a mission station of the London Missionary Society. The name is derived from the Hebrew word Bet-el (), meaning 'House of God'.

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