Oviston

Oviston
Oviston
Oviston
Oviston

 Oviston shown within Eastern Cape

Coordinates: 30°40′59″S 25°45′58″E / 30.683°S 25.766°E / -30.683; 25.766Coordinates: 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 Gariep
Established 1965
Area[1]
 • 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)[1]
 • Black African 14.6%
 • Coloured 46.7%
 • White 38.7%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Afrikaans 72.8%
 • English 15.6%
 • Xhosa 7.6%
 • Sotho 2.2%
 • Other 1.9%
Postal code (street) 9798

Oviston is a settlement in Gariep 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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.
 Gariep Dam (town) 50 km Springfontein 96 km Bethulie 54 km
Norvalspont 48 km
Colesberg 84 km		 Aliwal North 108 km
   Oviston  
Middelburg 140 km Venterstad 8 km
Steynsburg 72 km		 Burgersdorp 72 km
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