Burgersdorp

Burgersdorp is a medium-sized town in Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Settlement.name: Burgersdorp
Settlement.image_caption: Top: Burgersdorp viewed from The Sentinel blockhouse, Middle left: Dutch Language Monument, Middle Right: NG Church, Bottom left: The Sentinel Blockhouse, Bottom right: A farm near Burgersdorp
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa#Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Eastern Cape
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Joe Gqabi
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Walter Sisulu
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1846
Settlement.government_type: Local Municipality
Settlement.leader_party: ANC
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Vania Davids

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Society
Sport
Museums, monuments and memorials
Dutch Reformed Church
Blockhouse
Dutch Language Monument
Education
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Burgersdorp is a medium-sized town in Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

In 1869 a Theological Seminary was established here by the Gereformeerde Kerk, but in 1905 it was moved to Potchefstroom, acting as an instrument in the formation of the PUK in 1919, then becoming the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education in 1951.

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