Somerset East
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| Coordinates | 32 ° 43 ′ S , 25 ° 36 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Africa | ||
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| District | Sarah Baartman | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ZA-EC | ||
| local community | Blue Crane Route | ||
| Residents | 18,825 (2011) | ||
| founding | 1825 | ||
| Website | www.somerseteast.co.za (English) | ||
 Dutch Reformed Church in Somerset East
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Somerset East ( Afrikaans : Somerset-Oos ) is a town in the Blue Crane Route municipality , Sarah Baartman District , Eastern Cape Province in South Africa . It is 180 kilometers from Port Elizabeth . The city is also the seat of the local government. In 2011 it had, together with the township of KwaNojoli, 18,825 inhabitants.
The first settlement under the name Somerset took place here in 1815 to produce fodder for the horses of the British cavalry . The present city itself was founded in 1825 by Lord Charles Henry Somerset ; It received city rights in 1837. To avoid confusion with Somerset West , the name was later added East .
Attractions
- Bosberg Nature Reserve (2050 hectares)
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Somerset East Museum
- Shortly after the city was founded, the Methodist missionaries were given a piece of land to build a chapel and a cemetery. Shortly after the completion of the chapel in 1828, the chapel and the property belonging to it became the property of the Dutch Reformed Church . In 1835 the chapel became a rectory. The building became a museum in 1975 on the city's 150th birthday.
- Voortrekker Hall Museum
National monuments
- Hope Church
- Hope Church Parsonage (the rectory of the church)
- 49 Paulet Street , 60 Paulet Street , 62 Paulet Street, and 154 Nojoli Street (from the city's founding days 1825-1830 )
- Bellevue Seminary (former girls' school)
- Mill House (historic Georgian home)
- Church building of the Dutch Reformed Church (1883)
- Gill College (1869)
- Gill College House (1892)
Daughters and sons of the city
- Ivan Mitford-Barberton (1896–1976), sculptor and author
Web links
- The City website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Somerset East , KwaNojoli 2011 Census ( aggregated ), accessed December 30, 2013
- ↑ Description at routes.co.za ( memento of the original from November 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
