Okiep
O'okiep | |
|---|---|
 Ventilation shaft built by the Cape Copper Company in 1880 | |
  Okiep  Okiep | |
| Coordinates: 29°35′45″S 17°52′51″E / 29.59583°S 17.88083°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| District | Namakwa |
| Municipality | Nama Khoi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 38.63 km2 (14.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,304 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 3.8% |
| • Coloured | 93.8% |
| • Indian/Asian | 0.3% |
| • White | 1.1% |
| • Other | 1.0% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • Afrikaans | 96.2% |
| • Xhosa | 1.0% |
| • Other | 2.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 8270 |
| PO box | 8270 |
| Area code | 027 |
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.[2]
- ^ a b c d "Main Place Okiep". Census 2011.
- ^ Raper, R.E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa). p. 347.