Northern Cape Karoo
Karoo is a district in the Northern Cape of South Africa. The Karoo - “Place of Thirst” - is a boundless and mysterious area covered by vast sheep and game farms, where broad plains roll away toward distant koppies and multilayered mountains that seem to touch the indigo sky.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Orania and Colesberg.
Orania
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Orania is a town on the Orange River in the Northern Cape Karoo region of Northern Cape province. It was established in 1991 as an "Afrikaner-only" settlement, although anyone is welcome to visit.
Colesberg
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Colesberg is a town of 17,000 people in South Africa's Northern Cape. It is an agricultural centre for horse breeding and merino sheep farming. It is renowned for producing high-quality racehorses and many stud farms, including one owned by renowned golfer, Gary Player, are nearby.
Petrusville
Petrusville is a village in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa, located in the Northern Cape province. It is 45 km north-east of Philipstown, 56 km south-east of Kraankuil and 10 km south of the Orange River.Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Vanderkloof.
Vanderkloof
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Vanderkloof is a town and holiday resort on the shores of the Vanderkloof Dam on the Orange River in the Northern Cape Karoo region of Northern Cape province in South Africa.
Northern Cape Karoo
- Type: district municipality with 196,000 residents
- Description: district municipality in the Northern Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Pixley ka Seme District Municipality”
- Neighbors: Namakwa
- Location: Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude of center
-32.35° or 32° 21′ southLongitude of center
22.5667° or 22° 34′ 0″ eastPopulation
196,000Wikidata ID
Q1886098
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Northern Cape Karoo” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Pixley ka Seme-distriksmunisipaliteit”
- Cebuano: “Pixley ka Seme District Municipality”
- Chinese: “Pixley ka Seme Khu-he̍k Chū-tī-thé”
- Chinese: “皮克斯利·卡·塞梅区自治市”
- Chinese: “皮克斯利·卡·塞梅區自治市”
- Dutch: “Pixley ka Seme”
- Estonian: “Pixley ka Seme ringkond”
- French: “Pixley Ka Seme”
- German: “Pixley Ka Seme”
- Indonesian: “Distrik Pixley ka Seme”
- Italian: “Municipalità distrettuale di Pixley ka Seme”
- Japanese: “カルー郡”
- Japanese: “ピクスリー・カ・セメ郡”
- Japanese: “ピクスレイ・カ・セメ郡”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pixley ka Seme Khu-he̍k Chū-tī-thé”
- Novial: “Karu”
- Pedi: “Mmasepala Setereke tša Pixley ka Seme”
- Polish: “Pixley ka Seme”
- Russian: “Пиксли-ка-Семе”
- Zulu: “Pixley ka Seme District Municipality”
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