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Hopetown
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Hopetown is a town which lies at the edge of the Great Karoo in South Africa's Northern Cape province. It is situated on an arid slope leading down to the Orange River. Two of the largest diamonds discovered in South Africa, the Eureka Diamond and the Star of Africa were found at Hopetown between 1867 and 1869

Key facts

Settlement.name
Hopetown
Settlement.pushpin_map
South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Northern Cape
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Pixley ka Seme
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Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Thembelihle
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Main Place
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Established
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Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2
73.86
Settlement.population_total
10259
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Racial makeup (2011)

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Hopetown is a town which lies at the edge of the Great Karoo in South Africa's Northern Cape province. It is situated on an arid slope leading down to the Orange River. Two of the largest diamonds discovered in South Africa, the Eureka Diamond and the Star of Africa were found at Hopetown between 1867 and 1869

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hopetown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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