Coblenz (Namibia)

settlement Coblenz
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Basic data
Population Area Population Density	1000 (2009)
State Region Constituency	Namibia Otjozondjupa Okakarara
Establishment date
License plate phone code	OK 67
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Coblenz is a settlement ( English Settlement ) with about 1000 inhabitants (2009) in the region Otjozondjupa in Namibia . Coblenz is located 60 kilometers south of Grootfontein on the main road C42 in the constituency of Okakarara .

The settlement is a regional center of the San and has utility facilities such as community school, clinic and retail. From 2009 to 2013 investments were made in building a police station.

Due to its location at the confluence of two rivers , the place was given the name Coblenz in the times of German South West Africa , based on Koblenz on the Rhine and Moselle, which was spelled Coblenz until 1926 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ citiesalliance.org: Community Land Information Program (Clip) - Profile Of Informal Settlements In Namibia (PDF; 2.4 MB), March 2009, p. 172.
2. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung on October 25, 2012: Bank institute promotes San school education ( Memento from September 5, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
3. ^ University of Namibia (UNAM): Otjozondjupa health facilities ( MS Excel ; 20 kB), accessed on September 5, 2013
4. ↑ NPC Namibia on www.npc.gov.na: Summary of development and investment expenditure by vote: 6 - Police  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 4, 2013  
5. ↑ Ernst Dammann 1987: What Herero told and sang; ISBN 3496008954

Coordinates: 20 ° 7 ′  S , 18 ° 11 ′  E