Okiep

Okiep 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'okiep.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: town in South Africa
  • Also known as: “O’Kiep” and “O’Okiep”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Springbok and Nababeep.

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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 town in in the province of . is an old copper-mining town in Namaqualand, 19 km north-west of Springbok. is situated 9 km west of Okiep.

Village
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is a town in in the province of . The distance from to Cape Town is approximately 600 km. is situated 9 km northeast of Okiep.

Okiep

Latitude
-29.59687° or 29° 35′ 49″ south
Longitude
17.87963° or 17° 52′ 47″ east
Elevation
933 metres (3,061 feet)
Open location code
5F2VCV3H+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262714287
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3363433
Wiki­data ID
Q1003356
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Okiep” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Okiep”
  • Asturian: “Okiep”
  • Chinese: “奥基普”
  • Chinese: “歐吉普”
  • Dutch: “Okiep”
  • Estonian: “Okiep”
  • French: “Okiep”
  • German: “Okiep”
  • Pedi: “Okiep”
  • Romanian: “Okiep”
  • Russian: “Окиеп”
  • Zulu: “I-Okiep”

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