Hopetown
Sign in to saveHopetown 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
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Thembelihle
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Thembelihle Local Municipality
- Area
- 73.86
- Capital of
- Thembelihle Local Municipality
- Shares border with
- Orania
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- inception
- 1853-01-01
- postal code
- 8750
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- References
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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