page_title: Namakwa District Municipality
section_title: Neighbours
hierarchical_section_title: Namakwa District Municipality / Geography / Neighbours
caption_attribution_description: English: A sign along the border of Namakwa with the Western Cape, welcoming drivers coming up R354
context_page_description: Namakwa is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Namakwa is Springbok and the region is also known as Little Namaqualand. The majority of its 108,118 people speak Afrikaans. The district code is DC6.
context_section_description: Namakwa is surrounded by:
  the republic of Namibia in the north
  ZF Mgcawu (DC8) in the north-east
  Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the east
  Central Karoo (DC5) in the south-east
  Cape Winelands (DC2) – in the south (formerly the Boland District Municipality)
  West Coast (DC1) in the south-west
  the Atlantic Ocean in the west
caption: A sign along the border of Namakwa with the Western Cape, welcoming drivers coming up R354
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