Alexander Bay

E334194

mining town town

Alexander Bay is a remote mining town in South Africa’s Northern Cape, known historically for its rich alluvial diamond deposits near the mouth of the Orange River.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Alexander Bay canonical	3

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mining town ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Richtersveld Local Municipality ⓘ
borderRiver	Orange River ⓘ
borderRole	border settlement with Namibia ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ desert ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
countryCode	ZA ⓘ
distanceToMajorCity	about 850 km north of Cape Town ⓘ
economicActivity	fishing ⓘ mining ⓘ
environment	coastal desert ⓘ
formerStatus	high-security diamond mining area ⓘ
geographicFeature	arid coastal town ⓘ
hasFeature	Orange River Mouth ⓘ surface form: Orange River estuary diamond diggings ⓘ
hasIndustry	diamond sorting ⓘ mineral extraction ⓘ
historicalSignificance	center of South African alluvial diamond rush ⓘ
knownFor	alluvial diamond deposits ⓘ diamond mining ⓘ
locatedIn	Namaqualand ⓘ Northern Cape ⓘ western Northern Cape ⓘ
locatedNear	mouth of the Orange River ⓘ
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOpposite	Oranjemund ⓘ
namedAfter	Sir James Edward Alexander ⓘ
nearBorderWith	Namibia ⓘ
nearProtectedArea	Richtersveld National Park ⓘ surface form: Richtersveld region
partOf	South African diamond fields ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	small population ⓘ
province	Northern Cape ⓘ
region	Richtersveld National Park ⓘ surface form: Richtersveld
resource	diamonds ⓘ
resourceType	alluvial diamonds ⓘ
timeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ surface form: South African Standard Time
transport	Alexander Bay Airport ⓘ
urbanType	remote town ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Namaqualand → hasTown → Alexander Bay ⓘ

Orange River Mouth → locatedNearSettlement → Alexander Bay ⓘ

South Africa–Namibia border → borderSettlementOnSouthAfricanSide → Alexander Bay ⓘ