The name in Khoi means 'red hill tree'. This refers to the Pepper Trees, the berries of which give a reddish apperance. Native to dry South America and cultivated in warm regions, like Namibia!
placeREF P-0121822Revised
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Abbaheigaskop, Northern Cape
- Coordinates
- 18.0200, -29.1100
- Updated
- 16 Apr 2020
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Abbaheigaskop, Northern Cape
How we know this
- 01South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper https://www.britannica.com/plant/pepper-tree
Last updated · 16 Apr 2020
South African History Online. (2016, September 14). Abbaheigaskop, Northern Cape. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121822
South African History Online (2016) 'Abbaheigaskop, Northern Cape', South African History Online, 14 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121822 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Abbaheigaskop, Northern Cape [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121822, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Abbaheigaskop, Northern Cape." South African History Online, 14 Sept. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121822. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Abbaheigaskop, Northern Cape." South African History Online. September 14, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121822.
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