List of cities and towns in the Northern Cape
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Frances Baard - formerly Diamond Fields
- Barkly West
- CampbellCampbell, Northern CapeCampbell is a small town situated on the edge of the Ghaap Plateau in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located 48 km east of Griquatown. It was originally known as Grootfontein, but was renamed in honour of Reverend John Campbell who visited the Cape Colony in 1813...
- Delportshoop
- DouglasDouglas, Northern CapeDouglas is a town situated near the confluence of the Orange and Vaal Rivers in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. On this fertile soil nestles the town of Douglas. The town itself is a green patchwork of dramatic contrast - space for the solitary and activity for the energetic...
- GriquatownGriquatownGriekwastad is a country town in South Africa. It is sometimes still called Griquatown, a name which is now considered historical. The town is situated in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa about from the city of Kimberley...
- HartswaterHartswaterHartswater is an agricultural town serving the northern section of the Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The town was laid out in 1948...
- Jan KempdorpJan KempdorpJan Kempdorp is an agricultural town situated in the centre of the Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.Originally, the border between the Cape and Transvaal provinces ran through the town, making it the only town in South Africa that was in two provinces.During...
- Kimberley
- Modder RiverModder RiverThe Modder River is a river in South Africa that forms part of the border between the Northern Cape and the Free State provinces.Modder River may also refer to:* Modder River, Northern Cape - A small town in the Northern Cape....
- Warrenton
- WindsortonWindsortonWindsorton is an agricultural town situated in the Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme on the banks of the Vaal River in the Northern Cape province of South Africa....
Siyanda - formerly Green Kalahari
- Andriesvale
- Askham
- AugrabiesAugrabies, Northern CapeAugrabies is a small town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, situated on the south bank of the Orange River about downstream from Upington. It is located on the R359 road just outside the Augrabies Falls National Park, which contains the Augrabies Falls for which the town is named....
- Danielskuil
- Groblershoop
- Kakamas
- Kanoneiland
- KeimoesKeimoesKeimoes is a town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It lies on the Orange River and is about halfway between Upington and Kakamas....
- Kenhardt
- Lime Acres
- Louisvale
- MierMierMier might refer to one of the following:* Mier, Asturias, a small principality in northern Spain* Ciudad Mier, a city and municipality in northern Mexico* Mier Local Municipality, a municipality in South Africa's Northern Cape province...
- Olifantshoek
- OnseepkansOnseepkansOnseepkans is a small settlement on the banks of the Orange River in Northern Cape Province, South Africa. It is at the border post with Namibia for traffic between Pofadder in South Africa and Keetmanshoop in Namibia...
- PofadderPofadderPofadder is a very small town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The surrounding districts are arid, sparsely populated, rugged and picturesque. There is little in the way of cropping and local farmers run sheep or goats for a living.Some claim that Pofadder was named after Klaas...
- Postmasburg
- Putsonderwater
- Riemvasmaak
- Upington
Hantam Karoo
- Brandvlei
- CalviniaCalviniaCalvinia is a regional town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa named after the Swiss religious reformer John Calvin. The town belongs to the Hantam Local Municipality which forms part of the Namakwa District Municipality. The Calvinia district is part of the Great Karoo region of South...
- CarnarvonCarnarvon, South AfricaCarnarvon is a small town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Originally established in 1860 as the village of Harmsfontein, it was located within the territory of Schietfontein, the only water source in the area and the site of the Rhenish mission station founded in 1847 by the...
- FraserburgFraserburgFraserburg is a town in the Karoo region of South Africa's Northern Cape province.It was established in 1851 on the farm Rietfontein, and named after the Scottish immigrant Reverend Colin Fraser, and a church elder G.J. Meyburgh. Prior to the town establishment the earliest known inhabitants of the...
- Loeriesfontein
- Nieuwoudtville
- SutherlandSutherland, Northern Cape- External links :* * *...
- Van WyksvleiVan WyksvleiVanwyksvlei or Van Wyk's Vlei is a small town in the Northern Cape, South Africa. - Name :The town is named after a farmer called Van Wyk, and the Afrikaans suffix vlei, meaning 'pond', 'marsh'...
- Williston
John Taolo Gaetsewe - formerly Kgalagadi or Kalahari
- Beeshoek
- Black RockBlack Rock-Organizations and firms:* BlackRock, a global investment management firm based in New York City* Black Rock Arts Foundation supports arts programs in San Francisco, California* Black Rock City, LLC, the organization behind the annual Burning Man festival...
- Dibeng
- Dingleton
- Hotazel
- KathuKathuKathu is a town in South Africa, and the iron ore capital of the Northern Cape province. Its name means "town under the trees", after the Camel Thorn forest it is situated in. The phrase "the town under the trees" was coined by an engineer working in the town in the early 1990 as part of a...
- KurumanKurumanKuruman is a town with 12,701 inhabitants in Northern Cape province of South Africa, famous for its scenic beauty and the Eye of Kuruman, a geological feature bringing water from deep underground to the surface in the Kalahari Desert....
- Van Zylsrus
Namakwa - formerly Namaqualand
- AggeneysAggeneysAggeneys is a small mining town established in 1976 and situated between Pofadder and Springbok in the Northern Cape, South Africa.-Mining and geological contexts:...
- Alexander BayAlexander Bay, Northern CapeAlexander Bay is a town in the extreme north-west of South Africa, also known as the region of Little Namaqualand. It is located on the southern bank of the Orange River mouth. It was named for Sir James Alexander, who was the first person to map the area whilst on a Royal Geographical Society...
- Carolusberg
- Concordia
- GariesGariesGaries is a small agricultural centre situated in South Africa's Northern Cape province about 110 km south of Springbok, the chief town of the Namaqualand district. Current population approximately 1500....
- Hondeklip
- KamieskroonKamieskroonKamieskroon is a small town in the Kamiesberg Local Municipality, lying in the foothills of the Kamiesberge at an elevation of approximately 800 m . The town is more or less in the centre of Namaqualand, about 70 km to the south of Springbok, Northern Cape, South Africa...
- Kleinzee
- Nababeep
- Okiep
- PellaPella, Northern CapePella is an oasis in Namakwa in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Originally called Cammas Fonteyn, the spring was used by a nearby stronghold of San people...
- Port NollothPort NollothPort Nolloth is a town and domestic seaport in the Namaqualand region on the northwestern coast of South Africa, 89 miles northwest of Springbok....
- Soebatsfontein
- SpringbokSpringbok, Northern CapeSpringbok is the largest town in the Namaqualand area in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. it had a population of 10,294. Springbok is located on the N7 national road which connects the Cape with Namibia, and at the western end of the N14, which connects it with Upington and Pretoria...
- Steinkopf
Pixley ka Seme - formerly Upper Karoo
- BritstownBritstownBritstown is a small farming town situated in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, in the Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Emthanjeni Local Municipality. The town is named after Hans Brits who settled here after he accompanied David Livingstone on a venture into the interior. In 1877 a...
- ColesbergColesbergColesberg is a town with 17,354 inhabitants in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, located on the main road from Cape Town to Johannesburg....
- Copperton
- De Aar
- HanoverHanover, Northern CapeHanover, a small town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, is named after Hanover in Germany. The town was established in 1854.Much of the farming in the area is with Merino sheep.- Tourist attractions :...
- HopetownHopetownHopetown lies at the edge of the Great Karoo in South Africa's Northern Cape province. It stands on an arid slope leading down to the Orange River. The first diamond discovered in South Africa, the Eureka Diamond, was found at Hopetown.-History:...
- HutchinsonHutchinson, Northern CapeHutchinson is a village and former railway junction in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located south-east of Victoria West, on the Cape Town–Kimberley railway line....
- Loxton
- Marydale
- Norvalspont
- NoupoortNoupoortNoupoort is a town in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa which revolved principally around the railways and is still used as traction change-over facility from diesel to electric locomotives on the Noupoort-Bloemfontein line. It was serviced by Midlandia, a locomotive complex a few kilometers...
- Orania
- PetrusvillePetrusvillePetrusville is a town in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa, located in the Northern Cape province. The town was named after Petrus van der Walt, owner of the farm the town was built on....
- PhilipstownPhilipstown, Northern CapePhilipstown is a town in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa....
- Prieska
- RichmondRichmond, Northern CapeRichmond is a town in the central Karoo region of the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. It is situated on the main N1 route.-Origin, architecture and history:The town was established in 1843 in one of the coldest parts of South Africa's inland plateau...
- StrydenburgStrydenburgStrydenburg is a town in the east of the Northern Cape province in South Africa. Seventy-seven km north of Britstown, it was laid out by the Dutch Reformed Church on the farm Roodepan in 1892. It also lies on the N12, which separates the actual town from its township.- External links :*...
- VanderkloofVanderkloofVanderkloof is a town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It's located on the Orange River and near the Rolfontein Nature Reserve....
- Victoria WestVictoria WestVictoria West is a town in the central Karoo region of South Africa's Northern Cape province. It is situated on the main N12 route, at an elevation of . It is the seat of the Ubuntu Local Municipality within the Pixley ka Seme DM....
- Vosburg