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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    =
!Khays
| pushpin_map             = South Africa Northern Cape#South Africa
| coordinates             = {{coord|28|25|38|S|16|46|38|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[Southern Africa]]
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = [[Namaqualand]]
| subdivision_type2       = District
| subdivision_name2       = [[Namakwa District Municipality|Namakwa]]
| subdivision_type3       = Municipality
| subdivision_name3       = [[Richtersveld Local Municipality|Richtersveld]]
| subdivision_type4       = Main Place
| established_title       = Established
| leader_title            = Councillor
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/363004 |title = Main Place Sanddrif |work=Census 2011}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 2.70
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="census2011" />
| population_total        = 1854
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_density_km2  = auto
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->
| demographics_type1      = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics1_title1    = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black African]]
| demographics1_info1     = 17.4%
| demographics1_title2    = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info2     = 78.5%
| demographics1_title3    = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian South African|Asian]]
| demographics1_info3     = 0.2%
| demographics1_title4    = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info4     = 3.3%
| demographics1_title5    = Other
| demographics1_info5     = 0.6%
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->
| demographics_type2      = [[First language]]s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011" />
| demographics2_title1    = [[Afrikaans]]
| demographics2_info1     = 78.2%
| demographics2_title2    = [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]]
| demographics2_info2     = 12.9%
| demographics2_title3    = [[South African English|English]]
| demographics2_info3     = 1.9%
| demographics2_title4    = [[Tswana language|Tswana]]
| demographics2_info4     = 1.1%
| demographics2_title5    = Other
| demographics2_info5     = 5.9%
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<!-- Other information -->
| timezone1               = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1             = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
| postal_code             =
| postal2_code_type       = [[Post-office box|PO box]]
| postal2_code            =
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]]
}}
'''Sanddrif''' is a town in [[Richtersveld Local Municipality]] in the [[Northern Cape]] province of [[South Africa]], on the banks of the [[Orange River]].<ref name=rnp>{{cite web|title=Sanddrift|url=http://www.richtersveldnationalpark.com/towns_in_the_area_SANDDRIF.html|publisher=Richtersveld National Park|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref> It is located 57&nbsp;km east of [[Alexander Bay, Northern Cape|Alexander Bay]].<ref name=rcv>{{cite web|title=Sanddrift|url=http://www.richtersveld.net/index.php/site/town/sanddrift/|publisher=Explore the Richtersveld|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref>
Mining in the region began in the 1900s leading to the displacement of the indigenous [[Nama people]]. Diamond mines were again established in the 1970s, bringing a source of employment but also socio-economic upheaval, threatening the traditional Nama lifestyle.<ref name=rcv/> The subsequent migration of [[Xhosa people]] who came to the area to work in the mines led Sanddrif to acquire the nickname of "Rainbow Town".<ref name="OdendaalSuich2007">{{cite book|author1=François Odendaal|author2=Helen Suich|title=Richtersveld: The Land and Its People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fgWIjT9puLMC&pg=PA129|date=2007-01-01|publisher=Struik|isbn=978-1-77007-341-8|page=129}}</ref> Sanddrif has nevertheless seen ethnic conflict between the indigenous Namas and the Xhosa migrants.<ref name="Maharaj1999">{{cite book|author=Gitanjali Maharaj|title=Between unity and diversity: essays on nation-building in post-Apartheid South Africa|year=1999|publisher=Idasa|isbn=978-1-874864-90-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/betweenunitydive00maha/page/50 50]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/betweenunitydive00maha/page/50}}</ref>
The [[Baken diamond mine]], located outside Sanddrif, was opened by [[Trans Hex Group]] in May 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Diamond plant throughput rises 67%|url=http://www.miningweekly.com/article/diamond-plant-throughput-rises-67-2001-06-08-1|publisher=MiningWeekly.com|accessdate=29 August 2014}}</ref>
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==References==
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{{Namakwa District Municipality}}
[[Category:Populated places in the Richtersveld Local Municipality]]
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