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Steytlerville is a settlement on the R329 route in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated on the right bank of the Groot River, where the river emerges from a valley in the Grootrivierberge at Noorspoort. It is 164 km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 90 km east of Willowmore. It was founded in 1876 on the farm Noorspoort and attained municipal status in 1891. It is named after Reverend Abraham Isaac Steytler (1840–1922), a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and Moderator of the Cape synod from 1909 to 1915.

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Settlement.name
Steytlerville
Settlement.image_skyline
Steytlerville from Sarel Cilliers Street.png
Settlement.image_caption
Steytlerville seen from Sarel Cilliers Street
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South Africa Eastern Cape#South 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
Sarah Baartman
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Dr Beyers Naudé
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Main Place
Settlement.established_title
Established
Settlement.leader_title
Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2
24.7
Settlement.population_total
4017
Settlement.population_as_of
2011

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Population
3986
Elevation
420
Image
Steytlerville from Sarel Cilliers Street.png
Dialing code
049
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Commons category
Steytlerville
inception
1875-01-01
postal code
6250
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Steytlerville is a settlement on the R329 route in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated on the right bank of the Groot River, where the river emerges from a valley in the Grootrivierberge at Noorspoort. It is 164 km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 90 km east of Willowmore. It was founded in 1876 on the farm Noorspoort and attained municipal status in 1891. It is named after Reverend Abraham Isaac Steytler (1840–1922), a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and Moderator of the Cape synod from 1909 to 1915.

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