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Template:Infobox South African town 2011 Nababeep is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Copper-mining town in Namaqualand, 16 km north-west of Springbok. Founded in 1860 by the Cape Copper Company. The name is of Khoekhoen origin and means ‘rhinoceros place’.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 326.