Steytlerville is a settlement on the R329 route in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated on the right bank of the Groot River, where the river emerges from a valley in the Grootrivierberge at Noorspoort. It is 164 km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 90km east of Willowmore. It was founded in 1876 on the farm Noorspoort and attained municipal status in 1891. It is named after Reverend Abraham Isaac Steytler (1840-1922), a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and Moderator of the Cape synod from 1909 to 1915.[2]

Steytlerville
Steytlerville seen from Sarel Cilliers Street
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Coordinates: 33°20′S 24°20′E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Sarah Baartman
Municipality	Dr Beyers Naudé
Area [1]
• Total	24.7 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	4,017
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	22.8%
• Coloured	71.1%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	5.3%
• Other	0.7%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	80.1%
• Xhosa	17.1%
• English	1.4%
• Other	1.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	6250
PO box	6250
Area code	049

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