Alexander Bay
Alexander Bay is a town of 1,700 people in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, close to the border with Namibia and the Orange River mouth. It is near the southern end of the Namib desert, and is officially also the driest town in South Africa with an average annual rainfall of less than 51 millimetres.- Village with about 1,740 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,650 metres (5,400 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code ALJ
- …is also known as “Alexander Bay, South Africa”
- Description: town in South Africa
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Latitude
-28.5948° or 28° 35′ 41″ south
Longitude
16.4826° or 16° 28′ 58″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZA ALJ
Open location code
5F3RCF4M+33
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Alexander Bay” goes by many names.
AlexanderbaaiAfrikaans
Alexander BayAsturian
Alexander BayCebuano
亞歷山大灣Chinese
AlexanderbaaiDutch
Alexander BayEstonian
Alexander Bay, Afirka ta KuduHausa
Alexander BayItalian
アレキサンダー・ベイJapanese
アレクサンダー・ベイJapanese
അലക്സാണ്ടർ ബേ, വടക്കൻ കേപ്Malayalam
Alexander BayNorwegian
Alexander BayNorwegian Bokmål
Alexander BayPedi
الکساندر بایPersian
AlexanderbaaiRomanian
Александер-БейRussian
Alexander Bay, Koonfur AfrikaSomali
الیگزینڈر بے، جنوبی افریقہUrdu
I-Alexander BayZulu
I-Alexander Bay, INyakatho KapaZulu
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