Back Aberdeen, Oos-Kaap Afrikaans Aberdeen (lungsod sa Habagatang Aprika) CEB Aberdeen (Südafrika) German Aberdeen (Sudáfrica) Spanish Aberdeen (LAV) Estonian ابردین، کیپ شرقی Persian Aberdeen (Cap-Oriental) French Aberdeen (Sudafrica) Italian Aberdeen (Zuid-Afrika) Dutch Aberdeen, Eastern Cape NSO
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Aberdeen | |
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 Street in Aberdeen | |
  Aberdeen  Aberdeen | |
| Coordinates: 32°29′S 24°4′E / 32.483°S 24.067°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Eastern Cape |
| District | Sarah Baartman |
| Municipality | Dr Beyers Naudé |
| Established | 1856[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15.4 km2 (5.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 7,162 |
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 19.4% |
| • Coloured | 73.0% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.4% |
| • White | 6.7% |
| • Other | 0.4% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • 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 |
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 lies 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 (now the NGK), it became a municipality in 1858. It is named after the Scottish city of Aberdeen.[3]
- ^ Robson, Linda Gillian (2011). "Annexure A" (PDF). The Royal Engineers and settlement planning in the Cape Colony 1806–1872: Approach, methodology and impact (PhD thesis). University of Pretoria. pp. xlv–lii. hdl:2263/26503.
- ^ a b c d Sum of the Main Places Aberdeen and Thembalesizwe from Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 51. Retrieved 28 August 2013.