Venterstad is a settlement in Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Venterstad | |
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![]() Dutch Reformed Church in Venterstad | |
Coordinates: 30°46′34″S 25°48′00″E / 30.776°S 25.8°E | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Joe Gqabi |
Municipality | Walter Sisulu |
Established | 1875 |
Government | |
• Type | Local Municipality |
Area | |
• Total | 17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,290 m (4,230 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,596 |
• Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
Racial makeup (2011) | |
• Black African | 87.3% |
• Coloured | 10.6% |
• Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
• White | 1.2% |
• Other | 0.6% |
First languages (2011) | |
• Xhosa | 82.2% |
• Afrikaans | 11.4% |
• Sotho | 2.7% |
• Other | 3.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Postal code (street) | 9798 |
PO box | 9798 |
Area code | 051-654- |
Town 43 km south-east of Norvalspont and 65 km west of Burgersdorp[2] It was laid out in 1875 and attained municipal status in 1895. Named after the owner of the land on which it was established, Johannes J. T. Venter.[3]
It is one of the smaller towns that currently forms part of the Gariep Local Municipality, with its seat in Burgersdorp. The town and its surrounding areas are served by a 24-hour Primary healthcare clinic (Venterstad Clinic), previously municipality-owned, but since 2010 run by the sub-district office for Health of the Eastern Cape Province. It also supports a mobile clinic and a satellite clinic at Oviston.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Main Place Venterstad from Census 2011.
- ^ SA Explorer - Venterstad distances
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 456.