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Coordinates: 31°22′05″S25°40′55″E / 31.368°S 25.682°E / -31.368; 25.682 Coordinates: 31°22′05″S25°40′55″E / 31.368°S 25.682°E / -31.368; 25.682
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Joe Gqabi
Municipality Gariep
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)

Teebus is a village some 18 km south-west of Steynsburg and 35 km north-north-west of Hofmeyr. Afrikaans for 'tea-caddy', this name is taken from that of a pointed hill; to the north of this hill is Koffiebus, 'coffee-caddy'. [1]

Steynsburg Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Steynsburg is a town of the Gariep Local Municipality in Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Steynsburg is located on the intersection of the R56 and R390.

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Hofmeyr is a small Karoo town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, 20 km west of the Bamboesberg mountain range. It lies 64 km north-east of Cradock at an altitude of 1,252 metres. According to the 2011 census, the population of Hofmeyr proper is about 326 persons and the neighbouring township of Luxolweni is about 3354. In former times it lay at the centre of a flourishing sheep-farming district and managed some salt pans 10 km to its west.

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References

  1. Raper, Peter E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (2nd ed.). Johannesburg, South Africa: Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 427. ISBN   0947042067.