Steynsdorp

Steynsdorp
Steynsdorp

 Steynsdorp shown within South Africa

Coordinates: 26°08′00″S 30°59′00″E / 26.133333°S 30.983333°ECoordinates: 26°08′00″S 30°59′00″E / 26.133333°S 30.983333°E
Country South Africa
Province Mpumalanga
District Gert Sibande
Municipality Albert Luthuli
Area[1]
 • Total 1.14 km2 (0.44 sq mi)
Population (2001)[1]
 • Total 585
 • Density 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2001)[1]
 • Black African 100.0%
First languages (2001)[1]
 • Swazi 91.8%
 • Zulu 8.2%

Steynsdorp is a settlement in Gert Sibande District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.

It was founded in 1885 and became the centre of the New Paarl gold-field but was abandoned when the Witwatersrand gold-fields were discovered. At first called Painter's Camp, it was named Steynsburg in 1886, after Commandant J P Steyn of Lydenburg. The name was then altered to Steynsdorp to avoid confusion with Steynsburg in the Cape.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Main Place Steynsdorp". Census 2001.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 415.