Steytlerville

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Steytlerville

Founded

1875

Air quality index

18Good

Elevation420 m

WeatherAvg high 79.2°F

Coordinates-33.33°, 24.34°

Demographic figures from Statistics South Africa. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

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Overview

Steytlerville is a settlement on the R329 route in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated on the right bank of the Groot River, where the river emerges from a valley in the Grootrivierberge at Noorspoort. It is 164 km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 90 km 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 (1840–1922), a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and Moderator of the Cape synod from 1909 to 1915.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Eastern Cape

• Klipplaat
  21.5 mi away
• Cambria
  26.7 mi away
• Wolwefontein
  27.9 mi away
• Kleinpoort
  31.1 mi away
• Jansenville
  32.7 mi away · pop. 5,612
• Patensie
  40.1 mi away
• Uitkyk
  43 mi away
• Kareedouw
  43.1 mi away
• Twee Riviere
  43.9 mi away
• Joubertina
  44.3 mi away
• Hankey
  46.6 mi away
• Krakeelrivier
  48.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Gallery

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