Oviston
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Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
District | Joe Gqabi |
Municipality | Gariep |
Established | {{#property:P571}} |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 4.15 km2 (1.60 sq mi) |
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]
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Gariep Dam (town) 50 km | Springfontein 96 km | Bethulie 54 km | ![]() |
Norvalspont 48 km Colesberg 84 km |
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Aliwal North 108 km | ||
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Middelburg 140 km | Venterstad 8 km Steynsburg 72 km |
Burgersdorp 72 km |