Greylingstad

Greylingstad (Afrikaans for Greyling City), officially Nthorwane, is a small farming town west of Standerton in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

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Settlement.name: Greylingstad
Settlement.official_name: Nthorwane
Settlement.image_skyline: Church of St Francis of Assisi, Val.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Chapel of St Francis of Assisi, at the railway stop at Val just outside of Greylingstad.
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Mpumalanga#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Mpumalanga
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Gert Sibande
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Dipaleseng
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 9.33
Settlement.population_total: 839

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Image: Church of St Francis of Assisi, Val.jpg
Dialing code: 017

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inception: 1909-01-01
postal code: 2415
Commons category: Greylingstad

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Late 20th century
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Greylingstad (Afrikaans for Greyling City), officially Nthorwane, is a small farming town west of Standerton in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

== History == === Early 20th century === The town was founded in 1909 by the Dutch Reformed Church and was named after PJ Greyling, stepson of Piet Retief. A new town was laid out 5 km away in 1913 on the farm Willemsdal owned by Willem Bezuidenhout. In 1914 its name became Greylingstad and everyone moved to the new location.