Upington

Upington is the next biggest city in after Kimberley and a good starting point to the famous Falls. The town is situated on the banks of the Orange River.
  • City with about 121,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 850 metres (2,780 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code UTN
  • Description: town in South Africa

Places of Interest

Highlights include Upington railway station.
Railway station
is a railway station serving the town of Upington in .
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Latitude
-28.4563° or 28° 27′ 23″ south
Longitude
21.2419° or 21° 14′ 31″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZA UTN
Open location code
5G33G6VR+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Upington” goes by many names.
UpingtonAfrikaans
آبنغتونArabic
UpingtonAsturian
আপিংটনBengali
UpingtonCebuano
乌平通Chinese
烏平通Chinese
UpingtonDanish
UpingtonDutch
آبنجتونEgyptian Arabic
UpingtonEsperanto
UpingtonEstonian
UpingtonFinnish
ΆπινγκτονGreek
અપિંગ્ટનGujarati
UpingtonHausa
אפינגטוןHebrew
अपिंगटनHindi
UpingtonIndonesian
UpingtonIrish
UpingtonItalian
アピントンJapanese
ウピングトンJapanese
ಅಪಿಂಗ್ಟನ್Kannada
어핑턴Korean
UpingtonLatin
ApingtonaLatvian
ApingtonasLithuanian
UpingtonMalagasy
UpingtonMalay
अपिंग्टनMarathi
UpintongNorwegian Bokmål
UpingtonPedi
UpingtonPennsylvania German
UpingtonPolish
UpingtonRomanian
АпингтонRussian
උපින්ග්ටන්Sinhala
UpingtonSlovenian
UpingtonSwahili
UpingtonSwedish
உபின்க்ட்டன்Tamil
ఉపింగ్టన్Telugu
อัปพิงตันThai
UpingtonTurkish
АпінгтонUkrainian
اپنگٹنUrdu
وپینجتونUrdu
UpingtonVenetian
UpingtonVietnamese
烏平通Yue Chinese
I-UpingtonZulu

Localities in the Area

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Green Kalahari: Highlights

Learn more about Augrabies Falls National Park and Augrabies.