{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use South African English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Riebeek East | native_name = Riebeek-Oos | image_skyline = Dorpsbeeld Riebeek-Oos.jpg | image_caption = Riebeek East | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|33|12|S|26|09|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 = [[Sarah Baartman District Municipality|Sarah Baartman]] | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = [[Makana Local Municipality|Makana]] | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/264001 |title = Main Place Riebeek East |work=Census 2011}} </ref> | area_total_km2 = 22.46 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 753 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto <!-- demographics (section 1) --> | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]] | demographics1_info1 = 65.9% | demographics1_title2 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]] | demographics1_info2 = 26.6% | demographics1_title3 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]] | demographics1_info3 = 0.1% | demographics1_title4 = [[White South African|White]] | demographics1_info4 = 7.3% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.1% <!-- demographics (section 2) --> | demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] | demographics2_info1 = 63.8% | demographics2_title2 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info2 = 32.3% | demographics2_title3 = [[South African English|English]] | demographics2_info3 = 2.9% | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 0.9% <!-- blank fields (section 2) --> <!-- Other information --> | timezone1 = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street) | postal_code = 5805 | postal2_code_type = [[Post-office box|PO box]] | postal2_code = 5805 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]] }} '''Riebeek East''' ({{langx|af|Riebeek-Oos}}) is a village in the [[Eastern Cape]] province of South Africa, set 39 km west of [[Grahamstown]]. It is located in a hilly area, in the midst of game and sheep farming regions. It was founded in 1842, and initially named '''Riebeek''' after [[Jan van Riebeeck]], one year after the local church was built.<ref>{{Citation| title =Riebeek East, African Nights| url =http://www.africannights.co.za/content/riebeek-east.html| access-date =26 January 2011}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It was erected on a part of the farm Mooimeisjesfontein,{{#tag:ref |{{cite web|last=Raper|first=R.E.|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n383/mode/2up|publisher=Human Research Council|access-date=4 December 2013|page=383|year=1987}} |name=dosapn}} that was subdivided and sold by the subsequent voortrekker leader [[Piet Retief]].
A settlement appeared around the church congregation after it was established here in 1830 by the [[Dutch Reformed Church]].<ref name =adventure>{{Citation | title = Riebeek East, Adventure Province | url= http://www.ectourism.co.za/city/50/Riebeek_East | access-date = 26 January 2011 }}</ref> Since 1826 the local farmers applied to the colonial government to form a local congregation, as they previously had to travel to [[Uitenhage]], 130 km distant, to attend communion services.<ref name =adventure/>
Retief's farm house is situated just east of the village, and has been declared a [[National heritage sites (South Africa)|National heritage site]].<ref name =adventure/>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Sarah Baartman District Municipality}}
[[Category:Populated places in the Makana Local Municipality]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1842]] [[Category:1842 establishments in the British Empire]]