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    Namaqualand (Khoikhoi: "Nama-kwa" meaning Nama Khoi people's land) is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over...
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    regions in Kimberley and Alexander Bay. The Namaqualand region in the west is famous for its Namaqualand daisies. The southern towns of De Aar and Colesberg...
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    where it is known as "Great Namaqualand", or "Namaland". The South African portion of Namaqualand is known as "Little Namaqualand", and falls within the Northern...
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    Dimorphotheca sinuata, the glandular Cape marigold, Namaqualand daisy, or orange Namaqualand daisy; syn. Dimorphotheca aurantiaca hort.) is a species of...
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    The Namaqualand Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway operating between Port Nolloth and O'okiep in the Namaqualand region of the former...
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    region, relying on winter rains. The region further north is known as Namaqualand, which becomes more arid near the Orange River. The little rain that...
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  • This is a list of cities and towns in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Barkly West Campbell Delportshoop Douglas Griquatown Hartswater Jan Kempdorp...
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  • Namaqualand Daisies is a South Africa field hockey club. The club was established in 2016, and is one of 6 established to compete in South African Hockey...
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  • seminarists. July 7, 1909: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Great Namaqualand, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Orange River...
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    Acontias lineatus, the striped dwarf legless skink or lined lance skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in South Africa and...
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    This normally bare desert in Namaqualand, Goegap Nature Reserve in South Africa has a proliferation of flowers and desert ephemerals during the brief...
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    Namazonurus, is a genus of lizards, commonly known as Namaqua girdled lizards, in the family Cordylidae. The genus contains five species, which are endemic...
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    monotypic) genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Namaqualand in Namibia. The only species currently recognised in this genus is Fenestraria...
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    was opened to traffic on 23 April 1889. Braakpits Junction was on the Namaqualand Railway of the Cape Copper Company, which ran from Port Nolloth on the...
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    The Namaqualand 0-6-0T of 1871 were two South African steam locomotives from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope. In 1871, two 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)...
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  • prefecture Apostolic since 20 June 1885. It comprised the whole of Little Namaqualand (beginning on the northern line of Clan William County in Cape Colony...
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    Company as a shunting engine at Port Nolloth in the Cape of Good Hope. The Namaqualand Railway was constructed between 1869 and 1876 by the Cape Copper Mining...
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    Malmesbury 023: Worcester and greater Karoo, including Beaufort West 027: Namaqualand (Northern Cape): Vredendal, Calvinia, Clanwilliam, Springbok, Alexander...
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    Pickford, Martin; Senut, Brigitte (1997). "Cainozoic mammals from coastal Namaqualand, South Africa". Palaeontologia Africana. 34: 199–217. hdl:10539/16409...
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    Nama clans live in Central Namibia and the other smaller groups live in Namaqualand, which today straddles the Namibian border with South Africa. For thousands...
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    the ground. Although usually smooth, the upper leaf surfaces of two Namaqualand species (B. radula and B. namaquana) are covered with straw-coloured...
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    P; 2,4 ppm Ir; 1,97 ppm Ga; 0,111 ppm Ge Country Namibia Region Great Namaqualand Coordinates 25°20′S 18°00′E / 25.333°S 18.000°E / -25.333; 18.000...
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    African national park situated on the edge of the Atlantic coast of Namaqualand, an area covering 55,000 km2 located within the semi-desert Succulent...
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    and Eswatini. About 15 species occur in the winter rainfall region of Namaqualand and the Western Cape, the remainder being found in the summer rainfall...
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    Gazania heterochaeta Goegap N.R., Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa Gazania lichtensteinii Goegap N.R., Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa Gazania...
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    towards territory farther north. After the Germans annexed Damaraland and Namaqualand (modern Namibia) in 1884, Britain annexed Bechuanaland in 1885. In the...
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    classified as 'Other' and many from those claiming to be descendants of Namaqualand Khoikhoi classify themselves as Coloured. Within the Coloured community...
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    Namaqualand Gousblom (Arctotis fastuosa) Goegap N.R., Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa...
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  • Established on the farm Wilgenhoutskloof and named after Henry Bowe, doctor in Namaqualand. Situated in a narrow valley between high mountains, there was not sufficient...
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