Aberdeen is a small town in the
Sarah Baartman District Municipality of the
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is one of the provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha.
The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
province of
South Africa. With its numerous examples of
Victorian architecture, it is one of the architectural conservation areas of the
Karoo
The Karoo ( ; from the Afrikaans borrowing of the South Khoekhoe !Orakobab or Khoemana word ''ǃ’Aukarob'' "Hardveld") is a semi-desert natural region of South Africa. No exact definition of what constitutes the Karoo is available, so its ext ...
.
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.
The
Aberdeen Provincial Hospital is situated in Aberdeen.
Notable people from Aberdeen
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Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Hol ...
(1917–1942), cricketer
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Anaso Jobodwana
Anaso Jobodwana (born 30 July 1992) is a South African sprinter. He competed in 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he ran a new personal best of 20.27 seconds to reach the final.
In the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, ...
References
External links
Eastern Cape Tourism Board*
Populated places in the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality
Populated places established in 1856
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