Namakwa
Namakwa is a district in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is a land of ancient history, lava mountains that display impossible rock formations, and nature reserves that are full of game and birdlife.Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Springbok and Namaqua National Park.
Springbok
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Springbok is a town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. With a population of 13,000, it is the biggest settlement in the region, and the business centre of the Namaqualand.
Namaqua National Park
Namaqua National Park is a South African national park situated on the edge of the Atlantic coast of Namaqualand (an area covering 440,000 km, and is approximately 495 km north of Cape Town and 22 km northwest of Kamieskroon.
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.Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Sutherland and Bitterfontein.
Sutherland
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Sutherland is a town in the Northern Cape of South Africa. It is home to SALT, the South African Large Telescope, and other South African Astronomical Observatory telescopes.
Bitterfontein
Photo: Julia W, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bitterfontein is in the Namakwa region of the Northern Cape of South Africa. Bitterfontein is a quiet village and ideal for winding down and just getting back to a slower pace.
Namakwa
- Type: district municipality with 126,000 residents
- Description: district municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Namakwa District Municipality”
- Neighbors: Northern Cape Karoo and West Coast
- Location: Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Namakwa” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Namakwa-distriksmunisipaliteit”
- Belarusian: “Намаква”
- Bulgarian: “Намаква”
- Cebuano: “Namakwa District Municipality”
- Chinese: “Namakwa Khu-he̍k Chū-tī-thé”
- Chinese: “納馬夸區自治市”
- Chinese: “納馬誇”
- Chinese: “納馬誇區自治市”
- Chinese: “纳马夸区自治市”
- Dutch: “Namakwa”
- Estonian: “Namakwa ringkond”
- French: “Namakwa”
- German: “Namakwa”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Namakwa”
- Italian: “Municipalità distrettuale di Namakwa”
- Japanese: “ナマクワ郡”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Namakwa Khu-he̍k Chū-tī-thé”
- Novial: “Namakwa”
- Pedi: “Mmasepala Setereke tša Namakwa”
- Polish: “Namakwa”
- Russian: “Намаква”
- Slovenian: “Distriktna občina Namakwa”
- Slovenian: “Namakwa District Municipality”
- Spanish: “Distrito Municipal de Namakwa”
- Zulu: “Namakwa District Municipality”
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