Steytlerville is a settlement on the
R329 route in
Sarah Baartman District Municipality
Sarah Baartman District Municipality (formerly Cacadu District Municipality) is situated in the western part of the Eastern Cape province, covering an area of 58 242 square kilometres. The area of the district municipality includes seven local m ...
in the
Eastern Cape province of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...
. The town is situated on the right bank of the
Groot River
Groot River or Grootrivier, meaning "large river", may refer to:
* Groot River (Eastern Cape), a tributary of the Gamtoos River (South Africa)
* Groot River (Southern Cape), a tributary of the Gourits River (South Africa)
* Groot River (Western C ...
, where the river emerges from a valley in the
Grootrivierberge at Noorspoort. It is 164 km north-west of
Port Elizabeth
Gqeberha (), formerly Port Elizabeth and colloquially often referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, S ...
and 90km 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
Abraham Isaac Steytler (5 February 1840 - 17 December 1922) was a minister of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in South Africa. He was dubbed the "Nederduitse Gereformeerde Pous" ("Dutch Reformed Pope") due to his great influence.
Biography
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(1840-1922), a minister of the
Dutch Reformed Church
The Dutch Reformed Church (, abbreviated NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. It was the original denomination of the Dutch Royal Family a ...
and Moderator of the Cape synod from 1909 to 1915.
References
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Populated places in the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality
Populated places established in 1876
1876 establishments in the Cape Colony