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.

Aberdeen
Street in Aberdeen
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Coordinates: 32°29′S 24°4′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Dr Beyers Naudé
Established	1856[1]
Area [2]
• Total	15.4 km2 (5.9 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	7,162
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [2]
• Black African	19.4%
• Coloured	73.0%
• Indian/Asian	0.4%
• White	6.7%
• Other	0.4%
First languages (2011) [2]
• Afrikaans	80.7%
• Xhosa	15.5%
• English	2.2%
• Other	1.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	6270
PO box	6270
Area code	049

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.

Notable people from Aberdeen

• Conan Doyle (1917–1942), cricketer
• Anaso Jobodwana

References

External links

• Eastern Cape Tourism Board
• Media related to Aberdeen (Eastern Cape) at Wikimedia Commons

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