Oviston

Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Oviston

Oviston

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Coordinates: 30°40′59″S 25°45′58″E﻿ / ﻿30.683°S 25.766°E﻿ / -30.683; 25.766
Country| South Africa
Province| Eastern Cape
District| Joe Gqabi
Municipality| Walter Sisulu
Area

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• Total| 4.15 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Elevation

| 1,300 m (4,300 ft)
Population

(2011)[1]

• Total| 636
• Density| 150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)

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• Black African| 14.6%
• Coloured| 46.7%
• White| 38.7%
First languages (2011)

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• Afrikaans| 72.8%
• English| 15.6%
• Xhosa| 7.6%
• Sotho| 2.2%
• Other| 1.9%
Time zone| UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)|

9798

Oviston is a settlement in Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Township 8 km north of Venterstad, on the southern bank of the Gariep Dam. It was established in 1964-65 to accommodate workers on the Orange-Fish River Tunnel. The name is derived from the Afrikaans Oranje-Vis-tonnel, ‘Orange-Fish Tunnel’, near the entrance to which it is situated.[2]

## See also

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* Oviston Nature Reserve

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Sub Place Oviston". Census 2011.
2. ^ Raper, Peter E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (2nd ed.). Johannesburg, South Africa: Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 356\. ISBN 0947042067.

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Places adjacent to Oviston

| Gariep Dam (town) 50 km | Springfontein 96 km | Bethulie 54 km

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Norvalspont 48 km
Colesberg 84 km |

Oviston

| Aliwal North 108 km
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Middelburg 140 km | Venterstad 8 km
Steynsburg 72 km | Burgersdorp 72 km

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Municipalities and communities of Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape

District seat: Barkly East

Elundini|

* Maclear (Nqanqarhu)
* Mount Fletcher (Tlokoeng)
* Ugie

Joe Gqabi District within South Africa

Senqu|

* Barkly East
* Herschel
* Lady Grey
* Rhodes
* Rossouw
* Sterkspruit

Walter Sisulu|

* Aliwal North (Maletswai)
* Burgersdorp
* Jamestown
* Oviston
* Steynsburg
* Teebus
* Venterstad

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