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Venterstad
Venterstad
	Dutch Reformed Church in Venterstad
	Venterstad Venterstad
	Coordinates: 30°46′34″S 25°48′00″E / 30.776°S 25.8°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Joe Gqabi
Municipality	Walter Sisulu
Established	1875
Government
• Type	Local Municipality
Area
• Total	17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Elevation	1,290 m (4,230 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	3,596
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	87.3%
• Coloured	10.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	1.2%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	82.2%
• Afrikaans	11.4%
• Sotho	2.7%
• Other	3.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	9798
PO box	9798
Area code	051-654-

Venterstad is a settlement in Walter Sisulu Local Municipality in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Town 43 km south-east of Norvalspont and 65 km west of Burgersdorp^[2] It was laid out in 1875 and attained municipal status in 1895. Named after the owner of the land on which it was established, Johannes J. T. Venter.^[3]

It is one of the smaller towns that currently forms part of the Gariep Local Municipality, with its seat in Burgersdorp. The town and its surrounding areas are served by a 24-hour Primary healthcare clinic (Venterstad Clinic), previously municipality-owned, but since 2010 run by the sub-district office for Health of the Eastern Cape Province. It also supports a mobile clinic and a satellite clinic at Oviston.