Aberdeen (Eastern Cape)
town in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Aberdeen is a small town in the Karoo Heartland region of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. With its numerous examples of Victorian architecture, it is one of the architectural conservation areas of the Karoo.
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Like many towns in the former Capeland, Aberdeen was founded as a church town. Aberdeen began as one of six congregations established in 1855 in what was then the Cape Colony.
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The town is some 55 km south-west of Graaff-Reinet, 155 km east-south-east of Beaufort West and 32 km south of the Camdeboo Mountains.
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- Dutch Reformed Church. Has the highest steeple in South Africa.
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- 1 Aberdeen Provincial Hospital, ☏ +27 49 846 0578. Emergency department, Maternity ward, O.P.D. Services, Surgical Services, Medical Services, Pharmacy, Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV/AIDS.
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