Steytlerville

Steytlerville
Steytlerville seen from Sarel Cilliers Street
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Coordinates: 33°20′S 24°20′E / 33.333°S 24.333°E / -33.333; 24.333Coordinates: 33°20′S 24°20′E / 33.333°S 24.333°E / -33.333; 24.333
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Dr Beyers Naudé
Established	1875
Area
• Total	24.7 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,017
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	22.8%
• Coloured	71.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	5.3%
• Other	0.7%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	80.1%
• Xhosa	17.1%
• English	1.4%
• Other	1.4%
Postal code (street)	6250
PO box	6250
Area code	049

Steytlerville is a settlement in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Town on the Groot River, 164km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 90km east of Willowmore. It was founded in 1876 on the farm Doorspoort and attained municipal status in 1891. Named after the Reverend Abraham Isaac Steytler (1840-1922), minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and Moderator of the Cape synod from 1909 to 1915.