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Steytlerville
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
,
minister
of the
Dutch Reformed Church
, and
Moderator
of the
Cape
synod from 1909 to 1915.
