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Nababeep is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Nababeep is an old copper-mining town in Namaqualand, 19 km north-west of Springbok. Founded in 1860 by the Okiep Copper Company. The name is of Khoekhoen origin and means ‘rhinoceros place’.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Nababeep". Census 2011.
  2. ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 326.


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