Springbok (Q2301363)

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Springbok is the largest town in the Namaqualand area in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It was called Springbokfontein until 1911, when it was shortened to Springbok. Springbok is located on the N7 national route which connects the Cape with Namibia, and at the western end of the N14, which connects it with Upington and Pretoria. It is the main town of the Nama Khoi Local Municipality, which also includes a number of surrounding towns such as Okiep and Nababeep.

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

Springbok is een stadje gelegen in de gemeente Nama Khoi van de regio Namakwaland in de Zuid-Afrikaanse provincie Noord-Kaap. Springbok is de hoofdplaats van Namakwaland en ligt ongeveer 555 km ten noorden van Kaapstad en 40 km ten zuiden van Steinkopf aan de nationale weg N7. Het is de zetel van talrijke Noord-Kaapse regeringsdiensten, alsook het centrum van handel, nijverheid, vervoer en bestuur van Namakwaland. Het nabijgelegen Okiep en Nababeep waren lang belangrijke centra voor kopermijnbouw.

Wikidata location: -29.6667, 17.8833 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Springbok (OSM), 78 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Springbok
is_in: Northern Cape, South Africa
place: town
name:en: Springbok
name:ru: Спрингбок
name:ckb: سپرینگبۆک
wikidata: Q2301363

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town (Q3957) place=town

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Populated places established in 1862 boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level
Populated places in the Nama Khoi Local Municipality boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level