Northern Cape
Namakwa
Nama Khoi Local Municipality

Simon van der Stel se Kopermyn

Simon van der Stel se Kopermyn is a mine in , , and has an elevation of 1,056 metres.
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  • Type: Mine
  • Description: mine in Northern Cape, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Simon van der Stel”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Springbok and Okiep.

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is a town in the Province of . With a population of 13,000, it is the biggest settlement in the region, and the business centre of the Namaqualand.

Village
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is a small town in the province of , and was in the 1870s ranked as having the richest copper mine in the world. The town is on the site of a spring that was known in the Khoekhoe language of the Nama people as U-gieb and was originally spelled as O'. is situated 9 km northwest of Simon van der Stel se Kopermyn.

Simon van der Stel se Kopermyn

Latitude
-29.64089° or 29° 38′ 27″ south
Longitude
17.95358° or 17° 57′ 13″ east
Elevation
1,056 metres (3,465 feet)
Open location code
5F2V9X53+JC
Geo­Names ID
3361617
Wiki­data ID
Q32020557
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Simon van der Stel se Kopermyn” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Simon van der Stel se Kopermyn”
  • Turkish: “Simon van der Stel se Kopermyn”

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