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Upington

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Upington is a town founded in 1884 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River. [1]

33 relations: African National Congress, Afrikaans, Airlink, Alice Krige, Augrabies Falls, Cape Colony, Checkers (supermarket chain), Chris Brink, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Donkey, Dried fruit, English language, Groblershoop, Grootdrink, Kakamas, Keimoes, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Nelson Mandela, Northern Cape, Orange River, Patos de Minas, Ruben Cloete, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, South Africa, South African Airways, Spar (retailer), Statue, Thomas Upington, Tswana language, Upington Airport, Vastrap, Woolworths (South Africa), Xhosa language.

African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing political party.

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Airlink

SA Airlink (Pty) Ltd., known and trading simply as Airlink, is an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Alice Krige

Alice Maud Krige (born 28 June 1954) is a South African actress and producer.

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Augrabies Falls

The Augrabies Falls is a waterfall on the Orange River, South Africa, within the Augrabies Falls National Park.

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Cape Colony

The Cape of Good Hope, also known as the Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie), was a British colony in present-day South Africa, named after the Cape of Good Hope.

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Checkers (supermarket chain)

Checkers is a FMCG retailer owned by Shoprite that operates in Southern Africa.

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Chris Brink

Chris Brink, FRSSAf (born 31 January 1951) is a South African mathematician and academic.

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Deutscher Wetterdienst

The Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD for short, is the German Meteorological Office, based in Offenbach am Main, Germany, which monitors weather and meteorological conditions over Germany and provides weather services for the general public and for nautical, aviational or agricultural purposes.

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Donkey

The donkey or ass (Equus africanus asinus) is a domesticated member of the horse family, Equidae.

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Dried fruit

Dried fruit is fruit from which the majority of the original water content has been removed either naturally, through sun drying, or through the use of specialized dryers or dehydrators.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Groblershoop

Groblershoop is a settlement in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

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Grootdrink

Grootdrink is a town in !Kheis Local Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

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Kakamas

Kakamas is a town founded in 1898 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River.

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Keimoes

Keimoes is a town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a large wildlife preserve and conservation area in southern Africa.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Northern Cape

The Northern Cape (Noord-Kaap; Kapa Bokone) is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa.

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Orange River

The Orange River (from Afrikaans/Dutch: Oranjerivier) is the longest river in South Africa and the Orange River Basin extends extensively into Namibia and Botswana to the north.

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Patos de Minas

Patos de Minas is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil.

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Ruben Cloete

Ruben Cloete (born 3 November 1982) is a South African football defender for Bloemfontein Celtic and South Africa.

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Shaleen Surtie-Richards

Shaleen Surtie-Richards (born 7 May 1955, Upington, Cape Province, South Africa) is a South African television, stage, and film actress.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African Airways

South African Airways (SAA) is the flag carrier airline of South Africa.

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Spar (retailer)

Spar, trademarked as SPAR, is an international group of independently owned and operated retailers and wholesalers who work together in partnership under the Spar brand and franchise brand with approximately 12,500 shops in 42 countries worldwide.

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Statue

A statue is a sculpture, representing one or more people or animals (including abstract concepts allegorically represented as people or animals), free-standing (as opposed to a relief) and normally full-length (as opposed to a bust) and at least close to life-size, or larger.

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Thomas Upington

Sir Thomas Upington KCMG (1844–1898), born in Cork, Ireland, was an administrator and politician of the Cape Colony.

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Tswana language

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Upington Airport

Upington Airport is an airport located in Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa.

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Vastrap

Vastrap (Stand firm) is a small military airfield situated in the Kalahari Desert north east of Upington inside a 700 square kilometre weapons test range of the same name belonging to the South African National Defence Force.

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Woolworths (South Africa)

Woolworths Holdings Limited is a South Africa-based multinational retail company that owns the South African retail chain Woolworths, and Australian businesses David Jones and Country Road Group.

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Xhosa language

Xhosa (Xhosa: isiXhosa) is a Nguni Bantu language with click consonants ("Xhosa" begins with a click) and one of the official languages of South Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upington

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