Venterstad

Venterstad

Venterstad

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Venterstad is a settlement in Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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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.

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References

  1. [1]
    Main Place Venterstad from Census 2011.
  2. [2]
    SA Explorer - Venterstad distances
  3. [3]
    "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 456.


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