Okiep

Okiep is a small town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, and was in the 1870s ranked as having the richest copper mine in the world. The town is on the site of a spring that was known in the Khoekhoe language of the Nama people as U-gieb (large brackish place) and was originally spelled as ''O'okiep''.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Okiep
Settlement.native_name: O'okiep
Settlement.image_skyline: Chimney, Okiep.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Ventilation shaft built by the Cape Copper Company in 1880
Settlement.pushpin_map: South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Africa
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Northern Cape
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Namakwa
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Nama Khoi
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Main Place
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.leader_title: Councillor
Settlement.area_total_km2: 38.63
Settlement.population_total: 6304