Noupoort

Noupoort is a small town in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Noupoort is referenced by 85 other articles, and connects out to Philipstown, Hanover and English language.

The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Populated places in the Umsombomvu Local Municipality and Use South African English from April 2017.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Noupoort
Settlement.image_skyline: Dorpsbeeld_Noupoort.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View over Noupoort
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: Umsobomvu
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 10.2
Settlement.elevation_m: 1494
Settlement.population_total: 7848

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Country: South Africa
Located in: Umsobomvu Local Municipality
Elevation: 1494
Shares border with: Colesberg
Image: Dorpsbeeld Noupoort.jpg
Dialing code: 049843

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Commons category: Noupoort
postal code: 5950

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Noupoort is a small town in the eastern Karoo region of South Africa.

The town lies 54 km south of Colesberg and 45 km north of Rosmead Junction on the N9 National Route. It was laid out on a portion of the farm Caroluspoort, was administered by a village management board from 1937 and attained municipal status in 1942. Afrikaans for ‘narrow pass’, the name refers to a gap in the Carlton Hills 27 km to the north-west.

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