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Aberdeen, Eastern Cape

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Country
  
District
  
Established
  
1856

Area
  
15.4 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 2:22 PM

Province
  
Municipality
  
Dr Beyers Naudé

Postal code (street)
  
6270

Population
  
7,162 (2011)

Area code
  
049

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Weather
  
37°C, Wind W at 31 km/h, 14% Humidity

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.

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Map of Aberdeen, South Africa

Town some 55 km south-west of Graaff-Reinet, 155 km east-south-east of Beaufort West, 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.

The Aberdeen Provincial Hospital is situated in Aberdeen.

Famous People from Aberdeen

Anaso Jobodwana

References

Aberdeen, Eastern Cape Wikipedia