Okiep
Sign in to saveOkiep is a small town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, and was in the 1870s ranked as having the richest copper mine in the world. The town is on the site of a spring that was known in the Khoekhoe language of the Nama people as U-gieb (large brackish place) and was originally spelled as ''O'okiep''.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Okiep
- Settlement.native_name
- O'okiep
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Chimney, Okiep.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ventilation shaft built by the Cape Copper Company in 1880
- 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
- Namakwa
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Nama Khoi
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Main Place
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.leader_title
- Councillor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 38.63
- Settlement.population_total
- 6304
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Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1862
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Nama Khoi Local Municipality
- Image
- Chimney, Okiep.JPG
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- P1056
- copper
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Okiep is a small town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, and was in the 1870s ranked as having the richest copper mine in the world. The town is on the site of a spring that was known in the Khoekhoe language of the Nama people as U-gieb (large brackish place) and was originally spelled as ''O'okiep''.
== History ==