Nababeep

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Nababeep | pushpin_map = South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa | coordinates = {{coord|29.59|S|17.784|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Northern Cape | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Namakwa | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Nama Khoi | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=https://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/364010 |title = Main Place Nababeep |work=Census 2011}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 123.13 | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | population_total = 5374 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto  | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 3.9% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 91.2% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = 0.5% | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = 4.2% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.2%  | demographics_type2 = First languages (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" /> | demographics2_title1 = Afrikaans | demographics2_info1 = 96.2% | demographics2_title2 = Xhosa | demographics2_info2 = 1.5% | demographics2_title3 = | demographics2_info3 = | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 2.3%   | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = 8265 | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 8265 | area_code_type = Area code }} '''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’.<ref name=dsapn>{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=326}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in the Nama Khoi Local Municipality Category:Mining communities in South Africa Category:Populated places established in 1860