Omaruru
| local community Omaruru Okosondje (okonjose?) ( Her )
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| motto | Geloof en moed (Faith and Courage) |
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Population Area Population Density |
6300 (2011 census) 206.6 km² 29.0 inhabitants / km² |
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State Region Constituency |
Namibia Erongo Omaruru |
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| Establishment date | May 22, 1872 | ||
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License plate phone code |
OM 64 |
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| Website | omarurumunicipality.org.na | ||
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Political data
Mayor : Hendrina Gebhard ( SWAPO ) Chief Executive Officer : Alfons Tjitombo Last election: 2015 Next election: 2020 City administration address: |
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Geographical data
Geographical coordinates : 21 ° 25′19 "S, 15 ° 57′4" E |
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Omaruru is a municipality in the same electoral district Omaruru in the region Erongo in Namibia . The community has 6300 inhabitants (2011), is 206.6 square kilometers and is located on Omaruru- and Otjimakuru . Both have their source near Mount Otjo ( 2082 m ).
Omaruru is known as Namibia's artist city .
The name Omaruru derives from Otjiherero omaere omaruro for "bitter curd" and refers to a bush ( gray stink bush ) that can be found in the Omaruru river bed.
history
Omaruru can be traced back to the Rhenish Mission , which erected some buildings here in 1872. The missionary Gottlieb Viehe wrote the first Herero translation of the Bible here and converted many Herero in the region to Christianity. In 1894, a military station of the German Schutztruppe for the colony of German South West Africa was set up in Omaruru , which Lieutenant Richard D. Volkmann headed as district chief until 1898.
At the beginning of 1904, the settlement became the scene of a Herero uprising against the German soldiers stationed here, which was crushed after only a week. The armored soldiers received support from a company led by Captain Victor Franke . This broke through the siege ring of the Herero and liberated the barracks. Nothing is known in detail about the number of victims on both sides. The Franketurm in Omaruru commemorates this operation . This and the surrounding battlefields are a national monument of Namibia .
Today Omaruru is a rather sleepy, but very cosmopolitan town, in which there are a number of hotels , a campsite and a few shops, above all a number of art institutions and associations and, last but not least, a German school. Outside Omaruru is the approximately 3.5 hectare vineyard Crystal winery , one of only a few wine regions in Namibia , as well as the Benedictine Waldfrieden . The surrounding settlements Okombahe (3400 inhabitants), Otjimbojo, Otjohorongo and Omahoro also belong to Omaruru. The landscape in the area is relatively fertile.
Sorry from the von Trotha family
In October 2007, the descendants of General Lothar von Trotha and members of the von Trotha family traveled to Omaruru at the invitation of the traditional Herero leaders to publicly apologize for von Trotha's role in the Herero and Nama uprising and to ask for forgiveness.
Arts and Culture
In recent years, artists and art workers have settled down, giving the place a more modern flair. Is known Tikoloshe Africa at the tunnel entrance, elaborate wood carvings offering. A group of Kavango -Schnitzern is inspired by the natural growth of the material and then made quirky carvings. It is carved from weathered, dry roots and tree trunks, some of which are thousands of years old. The wood is mostly collected in the semi-desert and in the northern areas of Namibia.
Administration and politics
administration
Omaruru is divided into the district of the same name and the suburb of Ozondje (extension 1), which was proclaimed in 1996 .
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 | 1117 | 50.2% | 4th |
| UDF | 590 | 26.5% | 2 |
| DTA | 291 | 13.1% | 1 |
| NUDO | 158 | 7.1% | 0 |
| RDP | 44 | 1.9% | 0 |
| SWANU | 26th | 1.2% | 0 |
| All in all | 2226 | 100% | 7th |
Town twinning
Educational institutions
- German private school Omaruru
- Omaruru Afrikaanse Privaatskool
- Omaruru Primary School
- Paheye Primary School
- SI! Gobs Secondary School
- Ubasen Primary School
sons and daughters of the town
- Apius ǃAuchab (* 1959), Namibian politician
- Justus ǁGaroëb (* 1942), Namibian politician and traditional leader of the Damara
- Asser Kapere (* 1951), Namibian politician
- Nianell (* 1971), singer
- Jamunovandu Ngatjizeko (* 1984), Namibian football player
Trivia
The life of German farmers in Omaruru and the Herero uprising were the subject of a German evening series of the same name from 1976 with Walter Giller and Manfred Seipold .
literature
- Pesch, Murray: Omaruru in the course of time , Jean Fischer, Omaruru o. J.
- Vogt, Andreas: National Monuments in Namibia , Gamsberg Macmillan, Windhoek 2006
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 Population and Housing Census, Erongo Regional Profile. Namibia Statistics Agency, 2014, p. Ii ( Memento from September 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Namibia 2011 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results. Namibia Statistics Agency, April 2012, accessed May 9, 2012
- ↑ http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=8348 ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ^ German apology for the Herero massacre
- ^ Website of Tikoloshe Africa . Retrieved October 25, 2016.
- ^ Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia, No. 1245, January 15, 1996, No. 20 Declaration of Ozondje (Extension I) to be an approved township: Municipality of Omaruru , p. 4 ( Memento of November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 463 kB)
- ↑ Local Authorities 2015. The Namibian, December 4, 2015, pp. 6ff
- ^ Website of the German private school Omaruru
Coordinates: 21 ° 25 ′ S , 15 ° 57 ′ E