Northern Cape

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province of South Africa

The Northern Cape is South Africa’s largest and most sparsely populated province, known for its arid landscapes, diamond mining history, and significant Afrikaans-speaking communities.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Central Karoo	1
Northern Cape Province	1
Northern Cape province	1
Northern Cape, South Africa	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	province of South Africa ⓘ
agriculturalProduct	grapes ⓘ livestock ⓘ
borderWith	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Botswana ⓘ Eastern Cape ⓘ Free State ⓘ Namibia ⓘ North West ⓘ Western Cape ⓘ
capital	Kimberley ⓘ
contains	Augrabies Falls National Park ⓘ Kalahari Desert ⓘ Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park ⓘ Namaqualand ⓘ Orange River ⓘ Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape ⓘ surface form: Richtersveld
country	South Africa ⓘ
demographicsFeature	low population density ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ mining ⓘ
establishedAsProvince	1994 ⓘ
executiveHead	Premier of the Northern Cape ⓘ
governingBody	Northern Cape Provincial Government ⓘ
hasClimate	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
historicalActivity	diamond mining ⓘ
historicalSite	Kimberley Mine ⓘ
ISOCode	ZA-NC ⓘ
knownFor	arid landscapes ⓘ diamond mining history ⓘ significant Afrikaans-speaking communities ⓘ sparse population ⓘ
languageCommunity	Afrikaans-speaking majority in many areas ⓘ
largestCity	Kimberley ⓘ
legislature	Northern Cape Provincial Legislature ⓘ
officialLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ
partOf	South Africa ⓘ surface form: Republic of South Africa
previouslyPartOf	Cape Province ⓘ
riverBoundary	Orange River ⓘ
timeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ surface form: South African Standard Time
tourismAttraction	Augrabies Falls National Park ⓘ surface form: Augrabies Falls Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park ⓘ spring wildflower displays in Namaqualand ⓘ
UTCOffset	+2 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Free State → borderedBy → Northern Cape ⓘ

North West → borderedBy → Northern Cape ⓘ

Eastern Cape → borders → Northern Cape ⓘ

Western Cape → borders → Northern Cape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cape Province

Western Cape → contains → Northern Cape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Karoo

Cape Province → followedBy → Northern Cape ⓘ

Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape → locatedIn → Northern Cape ⓘ

Battle of Magersfontein → location → Northern Cape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cape, South Africa

N1 highway → passesThrough → Northern Cape ⓘ

Afrikaners → populationCenter → Northern Cape ⓘ

South Africa → province → Northern Cape ⓘ

Orange River → region → Northern Cape ⓘ

Xhosa → region → Northern Cape ⓘ

Xhosa people → region → Northern Cape ⓘ

ǀXam → region → Northern Cape ⓘ

Sesotho → spokenIn → Northern Cape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cape province

Cape Colony → todayIncludes → Northern Cape ⓘ