Steynsburg

thumb|left|140px|The ANC's parliamentary constituency office in Steynsburg Steynsburg is a small town in the Walter Sisulu Local Municipality of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Steynsburg is located on the intersection of the R56 and R390.

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Settlement.name: Steynsburg
Settlement.image_skyline: Steynsburg dorpsbeeld.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: View of Steynsburg
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Eastern Cape
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Joe Gqabi
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Walter Sisulu
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.government_type: Local Municipality
Settlement.leader_party: ANC
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 17.4

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Elevation: 1451
Image: Steynsburg-002.JPG
Dialing code: 048

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inception: 1872-01-01
postal code: 5920
Commons category: Steynsburg

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The town lies south-west of Burgersdorp and north of Hofmeyr. It developed around the Reformed Church established in 1872 and has been administered by a village management board since 1874. Steynsburg is named after Douwe Gerbrandt Steyn, grandfather of President Paul Kruger.