Aroab
| Village Aroab Aroe Aub ( naq )
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| motto | Unity Our Strength (unit, our strength) |
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Population Area Population Density |
up to 5000 ( 2016 estimate ) |
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State Region Constituency |
Namibia ǁKaras Keetmanshoop Land |
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License plate phone code |
K 63 |
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Political data
Chief Executive Officer : Elsa Laubscher Last election: 2015 Next election: 2020 City administration address: |
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Geographical data
Geographic coordinates : 24 ° 48'00 "S, 19 ° 38'00" E Height : 1000 m |
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Aroab is a village in the Keetmanshoop-Land constituency of the ǁKaras region in southern Namibia , 35 kilometers west of a border post in the South African Rietfontein and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park . The village is said to have up to 5000 inhabitants.
The place is in the traditional settlement area of the Nama on the Aub - Rivier , where many Haakdoring ( asparagus plants ; Aroe on Nama) grow, from which the name Aroe Aub is derived. Around 1900, Aroab was settled by farmers who temporarily fled to Rietfontein during the Nama War. In 1913 the place received its first retail store .
Today Aroab is an agricultural community with a Protestant church and various schools.
Local politics
The following official final result was determined in the 2015 local elections .
| Political party | be right | Share of votes | Seats |
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| SWAPO | 267 | 46.9% | 2 |
| DTA | 216 | 37.9% | 2 |
| RDP | 86 | 15.1% | 1 |
| All in all | 569 | 100% | 5 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aroab a beacon of hope. Namibia Press Agency, October 3, 2016.
- ↑ Official election results of the regional and local elections 2015, ECN, December 4, 2015 ( Memento of December 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 150 kB)
Coordinates: 26 ° 48 ′ S , 19 ° 38 ′ E