Namaqualand

Namaqualand ( Afrikaans: Namaqualand ) is a region in South Africa and Namibia on both sides of the lower reaches of the Orange River. The southern part of Little Namaqualand corresponds, in large parts of the district in the Northern Cape Province Namakwa. It is based together with the northerly Namibian Great Namaqualand main settlement area of ​​the Nama, one of the first in southern Africa, immigrated from Central Africa tribe. Their settlement area extends north to the Khomasregion and says there Namaland.

One of the main attractions of the Namaqualand is held annually in late August / early September, held Desert Flower: Subject to the appropriate temperatures and rain, a million times the blooms that unfolds here in a few days from the seemingly lifeless desert floor - especially around the town of Springbok around - large parts of the Namaqualand coats. The region is often known as Succulent Karoo.

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Desert bloom

Desert bloom

In Namaqualand are the Richtersveld National Park and the World Heritage cultural landscape of the Richtersveld.