Venterstad

Venterstad
Dutch Reformed Church in Venterstad
Venterstad  Venterstad shown within Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 30°46′34″S 25°48′00″E / 30.776°S 25.8°ECoordinates: 30°46′34″S 25°48′00″E / 30.776°S 25.8°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Joe Gqabi
Municipality	Gariep
Established	1875
Government
• Type	Local Municipality
Area[1]
• Total	18.1 km^2 (7.0 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	4,989
• Density	280/km^2 (710/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	64.9%
• Coloured	33.4%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	0.8%
• Other	0.5%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Xhosa	60.3%
• Afrikaans	34.6%
• Sotho	2.1%
• Other	2.9%
Postal code (street)	9798
PO box	9798
Area code	051-654-

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

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

• Gariep Dam
• Oviston
• Oviston Nature Reserve
• Orange-Fish River Tunnel

References

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