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Intliziyo yeKaroo - etyebileyo kwilifa lemveli, inkcubeko kunye nobuchule.

ILeeu-Gamka yidolophu encinci ebekwe kwindawo ekudityanwa kuyo imilambo iLeeu neGamka kuMbindi weKaroo. Amagama "Leeu" kunye "noGamka" athetha "ingonyama" ngesiBhulu kunye ne-ǀXam *, ngokulandelelanayo. Imvelaphi yale dolophu isukela ngo-1879 xa isikhululo sikaloliwe sasekwayo njengenxalenye yomgaqo kaloliwe wasentshona weCape Government Railways, sisebenza njengonxibelelwano olubalulekileyo phakathi kweKapa neKimberley.

Ekuqaleni yayisaziwa ngokuba yi "Fraserburg Road," le dolophu yathiywa igama elitsha iLeeu-Gamka ngo-1950. Indawo yayo yobuchule yenza ukuba ibe yindawo edumileyo yokumisa abahambi kunye nabarhwebi ngexesha lokungxama kwedayimani, nto leyo eyakhokelela kuphuhliso lwezinto eziluncedo, kubandakanya icawa, isikolo kunye nehotele.

Namhlanje, iLeeu-Gamka isebubungqina bokomelela kweedolophu ezincinci zaseKaroo, igcina umtsalane wayo wembali ngelixa isebenza njengesango labo bajonga imbonakalo-mhlaba emikhulu yalo mmandla.

*ǀXam yayilulwimi lwamandulo lwamaSan (Bushmen).