Upington is a town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, founded in 1873 on the banks of the Orange River. It began as a mission station established in 1871 by Reverend Christiaan Schroder and was first called Olyvenhoutsdrift, for the abundance of olive wood trees in the area, before being renamed for Sir Thomas Upington, Attorney-General and later Prime Minister of the Cape.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude28.457222 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Upington (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1873-01-01T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 121,189 (2012)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -28.457222, longitude 21.2425
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 848 m
P2046 (area)
area 580.8 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 121189 (2012)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Upington - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 945945
-28.44776 21.25612 P PPLA2 ZA 08 DC8 NC083 71373 808 Africa/Johannesburg
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 808 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -28.25, 21.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -28.25, 21.25
-28.25 21.25 BWh
Wikidata: Upington
Wikidata Q575780, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Upington (Wikipedia)
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