Originally Springbokfontein and today the largest town in the Namaqualand. Springbok was founded when a copper mine began operating in the area in 1852. The town is the centre of perhaps the most spectacular of the Northern Cape's springtime wildflower areas, located in the Klein Koperberge surrounded by high granite domes. A tourist friendly town with a well developed infrastructure.
Agricultural activities range from intensive crop production and mixed farming in winter rainfall and high summer rainfall areas to cattle ranching in the bushveld and sheep farming in the arid regions. Maize is most widely grown, followed by wheat, oats, ...