Aberdeen (South Africa)
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 29 ′ S , 24 ° 4 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
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| District | Sarah Baartman | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | ||
| local community | Dr Beyers Naudé | ||
| Residents | 5133 (2011) | ||
| founding | 1855 | ||
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Aberdeen is a South African city in the parish of Dr Beyers Naudé , Sarah Baartman District , Eastern Cape Province . In 2011 the city had 5,133 inhabitants.
The city is on the edge of the Camdeboo Mountains . Aberdeen is one of the places founded by the Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk so that the farmers in the area did not have to travel long distances to receive communion . The village was founded on the Brakkefontein farm in 1855 and named after Aberdeen in Scotland .
Attractions
- many historical buildings
- Church tower with a height of 51.5 m
- Fonteinbos Nature Reserve : 1500 hectares, petrified dinosaur tracks
sons and daughters of the town
- Laurens Smitz Meintjes (1868–1941), South African cyclist
- Oswald Pirow (1890–1959), South African right-wing extremist politician
- Anaso Jobodwana (* 1992), South African athlete
Web links
Commons : Aberdeen (South Africa) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Information on Aberdeen ( Memento of September 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Aberdeen Publicity & Tourism Office (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census , accessed November 22, 2013