Aberdeen, South Africa

Aberdeen is a small town in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. With its numerous examples of Victorian architecture, it is one of the architectural conservation areas of the Karoo.

This article is about Aberdeen, Eastern Cape. For other uses of Aberdeen, see Aberdeen (disambiguation).

Aberdeen
Street in Aberdeen
Street in Aberdeen
Aberdeen is located in Eastern Cape
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is located in South Africa
Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Coordinates: 32°29′S 24°4′E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman
MunicipalityDr Beyers Naudé
Established1856[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total15.4 km2 (5.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total7,162
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[2]
 • Black African19.4%
 • Coloured73.0%
 • Indian/Asian0.4%
 • White6.7%
 • Other0.4%
First languages (2011)
[2]
 • Afrikaans80.7%
 • Xhosa15.5%
 • English2.2%
 • Other1.6%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
6270
PO box
6270
Area code049

The town is some 55 km south-west of Graaff-Reinet, 155 km east-south-east of Beaufort West and 32 km south of the Camdeboo Mountains. Laid out on the farm Brakkefontein as a settlement of the Dutch Reformed Church in 1856, it became a municipality in 1858. It is named after Aberdeen in Scotland, birthplace of the Reverend Andrew Murray of Graaff-Reinet, relieving minister.[3]

The Aberdeen Provincial Hospital is situated in Aberdeen.


Schools in Aberdeen

Aberdeen Senior Secondary School

Luxolo intermediate School

Camdeboo Primary

Aberdeen Primary School

Notable people from Aberdeen

References
  1. Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A" (PDF). The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503.
  2. Sum of the Main Places Aberdeen and Thembalesizwe from Census 2011.
  3. Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 51. Retrieved 28 August 2013.


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