Fransfontein
| settlement Fransfontein Franzfontein (historical)
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Population Area Population Density |
533 (2011) 2.44566 km² 217 per km² |
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State Region Constituency |
Namibia Kunene Khorixas |
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| Establishment date | 1880 | ||
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License plate phone code |
KH 67 |
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Geographical data
Geographical coordinates : 20/13 // S, 15/01 // E Height : |
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Fransfontein , historically Franzfontein , is a settlement in the Kunene region in Namibia . Fransfontein is located in a gorge of the Fransfontein Mountains , a limestone mountain range that stretches for around 200 km in an east-west direction to Outjo .
Fransfontein received official status as a settlement in 2007 . The village was first mentioned in the 1870s and settled from 1880. Fransfontein has (as of 2011) 533 inhabitants on an area of 244,566 hectares .
The town of Khorixas is located around 12 kilometers south of Fransfontein .
Sons and daughters of the settlement
- Libertina Amathila (* 1940), former Vice Prime Minister of Namibia
literature
- Francois Dawids, Julia Pauli, Michael Schnegg: Living together - Culture and Shared Traditions in Fransfontein, Namibia , Jutta Vogel Foundation, Cologne 2008. fransfontein.org
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Official Journal for the German Southwest Africa Protected Area. Imperial Government in Windhoek, p. 1f. (PDF)
Coordinates: 20 ° 13 ′ S , 15 ° 1 ′ E