Oviston
Place in Eastern Cape, South Africa
30°40′59″S 25°45′58″E / 30.683°S 25.766°E / -30.683; 25.766[1]
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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
References
- ^ a b c d "Sub Place Oviston". Census 2011.
- ^ 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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Municipalities and communities of Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape
District seat: Barkly East
- Maclear (Nqanqarhu)
- Mount Fletcher (Tlokoeng)
- Ugie
![Joe Gqabi District within South Africa](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Map_of_South_Africa_with_Ukhahlamba_highlighted_%282011%29.svg/150px-Map_of_South_Africa_with_Ukhahlamba_highlighted_%282011%29.svg.png)
- Aliwal North (Maletswai)
- Burgersdorp
- Jamestown
- Oviston
- Steynsburg
- Teebus
- Venterstad
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