Steytlerville is a settlement on the R329 route in

Sarah Baartman District Municipality Sarah Baartman District Municipality (formerly Cacadu District Municipality) is situated in the western part of the Eastern Cape province, covering an area of 58 242 square kilometres. The area of the district municipality includes seven local m ...

in 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 South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. The town is situated on the right bank of the

Groot River Groot River or Grootrivier, meaning "large river", may refer to: * Groot River (Eastern Cape), a tributary of the Gamtoos River (South Africa) * Groot River (Southern Cape), a tributary of the Gourits River (South Africa) * Groot River (Western C ...

, where the river emerges from a valley in the Grootrivierberge at Noorspoort. It is 164 km north-west of

Port Elizabeth Gqeberha (), formerly Port Elizabeth and colloquially often referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Sou ...

and 90km east of

Willowmore Willowmore is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated 140 km north-east of Knysna and 117 km south-west of Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar ...

. It was founded in 1876 on the farm Noorspoort and attained municipal status in 1891. It is named after Reverend

Abraham Isaac Steytler Abraham Isaac Steytler (5 February 1840 - 17 December 1922) was a minister of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in South Africa. He was dubbed the "Nederduitse Gereformeerde Pous" ("Dutch Reformed Pope") due to his great influence. Biography ...

(1840-1922), a minister of the

Dutch Reformed Church The Dutch Reformed Church (, abbreviated NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. It was the original denomination of the Dutch Royal Family and ...

and Moderator of the Cape synod from 1909 to 1915.

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{{EasternCape-geo-stub Populated places in the Dr Beyers Naudé Local Municipality Populated places established in 1876 1876 establishments in the Cape Colony