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About Alexander Bay

Alexander Bay is a Northern Cape settlement near the Orange River mouth, closely associated with coastal diamond discoveries and mining from the 1920s.

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Alexander Bay lies on the northern Namaqualand coast near the mouth of the Orange River. Diamond discoveries during the 1920s made the area a major mining settlement and shaped its controlled access, employment and transport history.