Venterstad

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Venterstad

| image_skyline = NG_kerk_Venterstad.jpg

| image_caption = Dutch Reformed Church in Venterstad

| pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|30.776|S|25.8|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Eastern Cape

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Joe Gqabi

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = Walter Sisulu

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 1875

| government_type = Local Municipality

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = Main Place [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/289002 Venterstad] from Census 2011.

| area_total_km2 = 17.6

| elevation_m = 1290

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 3596

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 87.3%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 10.6%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.3%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 1.2%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 = 0.6%

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Xhosa

| demographics2_info1 = 82.2%

| demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans

| demographics2_info2 = 11.4%

| demographics2_title3 = Sotho

| demographics2_info3 = 2.7%

| demographics2_title4 =

| demographics2_info4 =

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 3.7%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 9798

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 9798

| area_code_type = Area code

| 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[http://www.saexplorer.co.za/south-africa/distance/venterstad_distance.asp SA Explorer - Venterstad distances] 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.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=456}}

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.