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Northern Cape Province - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Arctic, Austral, Boreal, East, Eastern, Hyperborean, Meridional, North, Northeast, Northeastern, Northerly, Northwest, Northwestern, Occidental, Oriental, South, Southeast |
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Northern Cape
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| Area
| 361,830 km² (29.7% of country's total)
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| Population
| 850,000 (1.8% of the total)
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| GDP
| 2% of the country's total
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| Languages
| Afrikaans (70%), Tswana (20%), Xhosa (6.5%)
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| Capital
| Kimberley
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| Other main centres
| Upington, Springbok, De Aar, Colesburg
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| Other towns
| Kathu, Olifantshoek, Kuruman, Douglas, Danielskuil
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| Premier
| Dipuo Peters
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Northern Cape is a province of South Africa, created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley.
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