Namaqualand (Khoikhoi: "Nama-kwa" meaning Nama Khoi people's land) is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over...
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Namaqualand Railway Namaqualand 0-4-0WT Condenser Namaqualand 0-4-2IST Caledonia Namaqualand 0-4-2ST Pioneer Namaqualand 0-4-2T Britannia Namaqualand...
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regions in Kimberley and Alexander Bay. The Namaqualand region in the west is famous for its Namaqualand daisies. The southern towns of De Aar and Colesberg...
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The Namaqualand Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway operating between Port Nolloth and O'okiep in the Namaqualand region of the former...
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Namaqualand Daisies is a South Africa field hockey club. The club was established in 2016, and is one of 6 established to compete in South African Hockey...
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Geography of South Africa (section Namaqualand)
where it is known as "Great Namaqualand", or "Namaland". The South African portion of Namaqualand is known as "Little Namaqualand", and falls within the Northern...
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The Namaqualand 0-6-0T of 1871 were two South African steam locomotives from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1871, two 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)...
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region, relying on winter rains. The region further north is known as Namaqualand, which becomes more arid near the Orange River. The little rain that...
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seminarists. July 7, 1909: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Great Namaqualand, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Orange River...
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Dimorphotheca sinuata (redirect from Orange Namaqualand Daisy)
Dimorphotheca sinuata, the glandular Cape marigold, Namaqualand daisy, or orange Namaqualand daisy; syn. Dimorphotheca aurantiaca hort.) is a species of...
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This is a list of cities and towns in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Barkly West Campbell Delportshoop Douglas Griquatown Hartswater Jan Kempdorp...
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Acontias lineatus (redirect from Namaqualand dwarf legless skink)
Acontias lineatus, the striped dwarf legless skink or lined lance skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in South Africa and...
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was opened to traffic on 23 April 1889. Braakpits Junction was on the Namaqualand Railway of the Cape Copper Company, which ran from Port Nolloth on the...
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prefecture Apostolic since 20 June 1885. It comprised the whole of Little Namaqualand (beginning on the northern line of Clan William County in Cape Colony...
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Namazonurus (redirect from Namaqualand girdled lizard)
Namazonurus, is a genus of lizards, commonly known as Namaqua girdled lizards, in the family Cordylidae. The genus contains five species, which are endemic...
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Company as a shunting engine at Port Nolloth in the Cape of Good Hope. The Namaqualand Railway was constructed between 1869 and 1876 by the Cape Copper Mining...
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monotypic) genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Namaqualand in Namibia. The only species currently recognised in this genus is Fenestraria...
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Copper Company as a shunting engine at O'okiep in Namaqualand in the Cape of Good Hope. The Namaqualand Railway was constructed between 1869 and 1876 by...
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This normally bare desert in Namaqualand, Goegap Nature Reserve in South Africa has a proliferation of flowers and desert ephemerals during the brief...
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P; 2,4 ppm Ir; 1,97 ppm Ga; 0,111 ppm Ge Country Namibia Region Great Namaqualand Coordinates 25°20′S 18°00′E / 25.333°S 18.000°E / -25.333; 18.000...
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DF Lerato Mahole (1999-12-29)29 December 1999 (aged 21) 0 {{{goals}}} Namaqualand Daisies 28 FW Quanita Bobbs (1993-09-03)3 September 1993 (aged 27) 132...
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and Eswatini. About 15 species occur in the winter rainfall region of Namaqualand and the Western Cape, the remainder being found in the summer rainfall...
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towards territory farther north. After the Germans annexed Damaraland and Namaqualand (modern Namibia) in 1884, Britain annexed Bechuanaland in 1885. In the...
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Namaqualand Gousblom (Arctotis fastuosa) Goegap N.R., Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa...
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classified as 'Other' and many from those claiming to be descendants of Namaqualand Khoikhoi classify themselves as Coloured. Within the Coloured community...
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the Cape Copper Mining Company on its 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and O'okiep in the Cape Colony. They are...
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on the mission that the resident magistrate and civil commissioner of Namaqualand, Louis Anthing, undertook in 1862 to investigate reports of massacres...
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Govender, R (2021). "Early Pliocene fossil cetaceans from Hondeklip Bay, Namaqualand, South Africa". Historical Biology. 33 (4): 574–593. Bibcode:2021HBio...
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Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekker leader and preacher. (b. 1801) 18 February – Namaqualand – Port Nolloth to Muishondfontein, 44 miles 40 chains (71.6 kilometres)...
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service by the Cape Copper Mining Company on its 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Namaqualand Railway between Port Nolloth and O'okiep in the Cape of Good Hope. They...
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