Alexander Bay

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Alexander Bay is a remote mining town in South Africa’s Northern Cape, known historically for its rich alluvial diamond deposits near the mouth of the Orange River.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Alexander Bay canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mining town ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivision Richtersveld Local Municipality ⓘ
borderRiver Orange River ⓘ
borderRole border settlement with Namibia ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
desert ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
countryCode ZA ⓘ
distanceToMajorCity about 850 km north of Cape Town ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
mining ⓘ
environment coastal desert ⓘ
formerStatus high-security diamond mining area ⓘ
geographicFeature arid coastal town ⓘ
hasFeature Orange River estuary ⓘ
linked to: Orange River Mouth

diamond diggings ⓘ
hasIndustry diamond sorting ⓘ
mineral extraction ⓘ
historicalSignificance center of South African alluvial diamond rush ⓘ
knownFor alluvial diamond deposits ⓘ
diamond mining ⓘ
locatedIn Namaqualand ⓘ
Northern Cape ⓘ
western Northern Cape ⓘ
locatedNear mouth of the Orange River ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOpposite Oranjemund ⓘ
namedAfter Sir James Edward Alexander ⓘ
nearBorderWith Namibia ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Richtersveld region ⓘ
partOf South African diamond fields ⓘ
populationCharacteristic small population ⓘ
province Northern Cape ⓘ
region Richtersveld ⓘ
resource diamonds ⓘ
resourceType alluvial diamonds ⓘ
timeZone South African Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Africa Time
transport Alexander Bay Airport ⓘ
urbanType remote town ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Namaqualand → hasTown → Alexander Bay ⓘ
Oranjemund → borderCrossingTo → Alexander Bay ⓘ
Oranjemund → hasNearbySettlement → Alexander Bay ⓘ
Namakwa region → hasMajorTown → Alexander Bay ⓘ