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Steynsdorp

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Country
  
South Africa

District
  
Gert Sibande

Area
  
114 ha

Province
  
Mpumalanga

Municipality
  
Albert Luthuli

Population
  
585 (2001)

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

Map of Steynsdorp, 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.

References

Steynsdorp Wikipedia