Berseba

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Village
Berseba
ǃAutsawise ( naq )
Coat of arms of Namibia.svg
Details
Coat of arms Berseba Namibia.png
Details
Church in Bersena
Church in Bersena
motto Productivity, Unity, Sustainability
(productivity, unity, sustainability)
Basic data
Population
Area
Population Density
+ - 9000

State
Region
Constituency
Namibia
ǁKaras
Berseba
Establishment date
License plate
phone code
K
63
Website
Map of Berseba in Namibia

Berseba is a village in the Berseba constituency of the same name in the ǁKaras region in southern Namibia .

Berseba is located 25 kilometers south of the Brukkaros ( 1590  m ) in the area of ​​the Fish River . Berseba is one of the few places where you can find the famous blue ground , the mother earth of South African diamonds. In 1898 a diamond was found in the area, test drilling for crude oil was carried out in 1900 and 1929 without any industrially exploitable deposits being documented.

Historically, Berseba was the headquarters of the Berseba-Nama . In 1850 the place received a mission and its current name. Today Berseba is also home to the district administration and an airfield.

Local politics

The following official final result was determined in the 2015 local elections .

Political party be right Share of votes Seats
SWAPO 266 52.1% 3
DTA 200 39.1% 2
RDP 045 08.8% 0
All in all 511 100% 5

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Web links

Commons : Berseba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Dierks : Chronology of Namibian History, 1898 ( English ) Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  2. ^ Klaus Dierks: Chronology of Namibian History, 1900 ( English ) Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  3. ^ Klaus Dierks: Chronology of Namibian History, 1929 ( English ) Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  4. Official election result of the regional and local elections 2015, ECN, December 4, 2015 ( Memento of the original of December 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 150 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ecn.na

Coordinates: 26 ° 0 ′  S , 17 ° 46 ′  E