Northern Cape (South Africa)
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Name (Hebrew)
קייפ צפוני (דרום אפריקה)
Name (Latin)
Northern Cape (South Africa)
Other forms of name
Noord-Kaap (South Africa)
Province of Northern Cape (South Africa)
Provinsie Noord-Kaap (South Africa)
Coordinates
E0220000 E0220000 S0293000 S0293000 (geonames )
Associated country
South Africa
See Also From tracing place name
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm1; 29°30ʹ00ʺS 022°00ʹ00ʺE)
- Web. geog.(Cape Province or officially Cape of Good Hope or Afrikaans Kaapprovinsie; before 1910 Cape Colony. Former province, Rep. of South Africa. History: colony founded by Dutch who began settlement at Table Bay 1652; occupied by British 1795-1803 and 1806-14; ceded to British by Dutch 1814; Natal united with Cape Colony for administrative purposes c. 1843-56; annexed British Kaffraria mid-19th cent. and British Bechuanaland 1895; administered Lesotho (formerly Basutoland) 1871-84; received responsible government 1872; joined Union of South Africa 1910, subsequently Rep. of South Africa 1961; ceased to exist as an administrative entity 1994 and roughly split into Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and Western Cape provs.)
- Provincial statistics. Part 3, Northern Cape, 1994:t.p. (Noord-Kaap)
- Its Provinsiale koerant, 1 Aug. 1994:t.p. (Provinsie Noord-Kaap; Province of Northern Cape)
- Economist, Apr. 23-29, 1994:p. 22 (Northern Cape, one of the nine new provinces of South Africa)
- Phone call to BGN, 3 Aug. 1995(official name: Province of Northern Cape)
- Web. geog.(Cape Province or officially Cape of Good Hope or Afrikaans Kaapprovinsie; before 1910 Cape Colony. Former province, Rep. of South Africa. History: colony founded by Dutch who began settlement at Table Bay 1652; occupied by British1795-1803 and 1806-14; ceded to British by Dutch 1814; Natal united with Cape Colony for administrative purposes c. 1843-56; annexed British Kaffraria mid-19th cent. and British Bechuanaland 1895; administered Lesotho (formerly Basutoland)1871-84; received responsible government 1872; joined Union of South Africa 1910, subsequently Rep. of South Africa 1961; ceased to exist as an administrative entity 1994 and roughly split into Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and Western Capeprovs.)
- Columbia gaz.(Cape Province or Cape of Good Hope Colony, former province, S Republic of South Afr., now divided into 3 provs.: Western Cape, Northern Cape, and Eastern Cape)