Upington

Upington is a city established in 1873 and is located in the North Cape Province of South Africa on the banks of the Orange River. Due to the abundance of olive wood trees in the area, the city was originally called Olivenshawtsradrift, but later it was named after Sir Thomas Apgington, Attorney-General and the Prime Minister of Cape. It started in 1871 as a mission station and was run by Rev. Cristian Schroder. The Mission Station is now a Town Museum, which is known as the Kalahari Orange Museum.

The museum is also a house of an idol, which recognizes this huge contribution made to the development of the area during the early days of the 19th century. The height of apington is 2,742 feet. It is the largest center of Ograbies Falls the largest of the South African waterfall and the Kalgadi TransFrent Park. The landscape is very dry, but the soil is fertile and the crops are grown in irrigated fields like fruit. This area is best known for its export-quality grapes, raisins and wines, which are cultivated on the rich floodplains of the Orange River.