Steynsdorp | |
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  Steynsdorp  Steynsdorp | |
| Coordinates: 26°07′59″S30°58′59″E / 26.133°S 30.983°E Coordinates: 26°07′59″S30°58′59″E / 26.133°S 30.983°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Gert Sibande |
| Municipality | Albert Luthuli |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.14 km2 (0.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) [1] | |
| • Total | 585 |
| • Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2001) | |
| • Black African | 100.0% |
| First languages (2001) | |
| • Swazi | 91.8% |
| • Zulu | 8.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
Steynsdorp is a settlement in Gert Sibande District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.
Gert Sibande is one of the 3 districts of Mpumalanga province of South Africa. The seat of Gert Sibande is Ermelo. The majority of its 900 007 people speak IsiZulu. The district code is DC30. On 15 October 2004, the municipality changed its name from the "Eastvaal" to "Gert Sibande" District Municipality. The district is named after the ANC activist Gert Sibande.
Mpumalanga is a province of South Africa. The name means "east", or literally "the place where the sun rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area. It shares borders with the South African provinces of Limpopo to the north, Gauteng to the west, the Free State to the southwest, and KwaZulu-Natal to the south. The capital is Mbombela.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho. South Africa is the largest country in Southern Africa and the 25th-largest country in the world by land area and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere. About 80 percent of South Africans are of Bantu ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages, nine of which have official status. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European, Asian (Indian), and multiracial (Coloured) ancestry.
It was founded in 1885 and became the centre of the New Paarl goldfield but was abandoned when the Witwatersrand goldfields were discovered.
At first called Painter's Camp, it was named Steynsburg in 1886, after Commandant J P Steyn of Lydenburg. The name was then altered to Steynsdorp to avoid confusion with Steynsburg in the Cape. [2]
Lydenburg is a town in Thaba Chweu Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Alternatively known as Mashishing, Lydenburg is situated on the Sterkspruit/Dorps River tributary of the Lepelle River at the base of the Long Tom Pass. The name is derived from the Dutch Lijdenburg, or "Town of Suffering". Lydenburg has become the centre of the South African fly-fishing industry and is an agricultural and mining hub.
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.
