Steynsdorp
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Steynsdorp is located in Mpumalanga
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Steynsdorp shown within Mpumalanga |
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| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Mpumalanga |
| District | Gert Sibande |
| Municipality | Albert Luthuli |
| Established | {{#property:P571}} |
| 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]
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