Upington

E329324
town

Upington is a town in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, serving as a key regional center on the Orange River and a gateway to nearby desert and wildlife attractions.

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Label Occurrences
Upington canonical 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
airportIATA UTN ⓘ
areaCode 054 ⓘ
climateClassification BWh ⓘ
climateType hot desert climate ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
distanceTo about 800 km from Cape Town ⓘ
about 900 km from Johannesburg ⓘ
districtMunicipality ZFM District Municipality ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
elevationMeters 835 ⓘ
formerName Olyfenhoutsdrif ⓘ
foundingYear 1873 ⓘ
hasAirport Upington International Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction Kalahari-Oranje Museum ⓘ
Orange River waterfront ⓘ
Sakkie se Arkie river cruises ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg

Kimberley ⓘ
hasUniversityCampus Sol Plaatje University satellite campus ⓘ
isGatewayTo Augrabies Falls National Park ⓘ
Kalahari Desert ⓘ
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park ⓘ
isRegionalCenterFor Northern Cape ⓘ
isTourismHubFor Kalahari Basin ⓘ
surface form: Green Kalahari region
knownFor date palm cultivation ⓘ
table grape farming ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
languageMajority Afrikaans ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Cape ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Orange River ⓘ
locatedOnRoad N10 ⓘ
N14 ⓘ
municipality Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Upington ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Augrabies Falls ⓘ
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park ⓘ
postalCode 8801 ⓘ
province Northern Cape ⓘ
region Green Kalahari ⓘ
riverIrrigationScheme Orange River Project ⓘ
surface form: Orange River irrigation scheme
riverValley Orange River region ⓘ
surface form: Orange River Valley
solarResource high solar radiation levels ⓘ
timeZone SAST ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Augrabies Falls National Park → nearestCity → Upington ⓘ
N10 national road → connectsTo → Upington ⓘ
Augrabies Falls → nearestCity → Upington ⓘ
Gariep River → passesNear → Upington ⓘ
N14 highway → connects → Upington ⓘ