Major Towns of the Province: Kimberley, Kuruman, Upington, De Aar, Springbok These towns also happen to be the district capitals of its erstwhile territories. Prior to 2000 the Province had six districts, namely Diamandtveld where Kimberley is located, Kalahari of which Kuruman was the capital, the lower Orange with Upington as its commercial and administrative […]
By 2000 the official census population of the Northern Cape was 840,000. This was comprised of a sizeable Coloured component (435,000) followed by Blacks (279,000), Whites (112,000) and people of Indian (2,300) and Chinese and other (12,000) extraction. Minor cultural groups also occur in scattered settlements throughout the Province. These comprise mostly the Nama, San, […]
The Northern Cape has five administrative districts comprising Pixley Ka Seme , with its district capital in De Aar; Frances Baard with its capital in Kimberley; Siyanda, which includes large sections of the Kalahari desert, has its capital in Upington; the Namaqua region, known for its minerals and seasonal flowers, has Springbok as its capital; […]