Nababeep is a town in Namakwa District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.

Nababeep
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Coordinates: 29.59°S 17.784°E / -29.59; 17.784
Country	South Africa
Province	Northern Cape
District	Namakwa
Municipality	Nama Khoi
Area [1]
• Total	123.13 km2 (47.54 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	5,374
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	3.9%
• Coloured	91.2%
• Indian/Asian	0.5%
• White	4.2%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	96.2%
• Xhosa	1.5%
• Other	2.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	8265
PO box	8265

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’.[2]

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