The Northern Cape is a large, sparsely populated province of South Africa, created
in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley.
It includes the Kalahari-Gemsbok National Park, which is part of a trans-frontier
park with Botswana. It also includes the Augrabies Falls and the diamond
mining regions in Kimberley and Alexander Bay. The towns of De Aar and
Colesburg (in the south) are part of the Great Karoo, and are major transport
nodes between Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.

Population of 822,762

Capital City: Kimberley

Languages:
- Tswana (20%)
- IsiXhosa (6.5%)
- Afrikaans (20%)

Races:
- Black (35.7%)
- White (12.4%)
- Coloured (51.6%)
- Asian (0.3%)

Religion:
- Christian 73%
- Muslim 2%
- Other or undetermined 8%
- No Religion 15%