Oranjemund

city

Oranjemund

Orange Mouth (historical)

Details

Details

Aerial photograph of Oranjemund (2019)

motto

Unity in Diversity (unity through diversity)

Basic data

Population
Area
Population Density

3900 (2011 census)
6.4 km²
608.4 inhabitants / km²

State
Region
Constituency

Namibia
ǁKaras
Oranjemund

Establishment date

March 20, 1936

License plate
phone code

OR
6332

Website

www.oranjemund-tc.com

Political data

Mayor : Henry Edward Coetzee (SWAPO)

Chief Executive Officer : Paul Nghiwilepo

Last election: 2015

Next election: 2020

City Council address:
8th & 12th Avenues
Oranjemund

Geographical data

Geographic coordinates : 28 ° 33′6 "S, 16 ° 25′35" E

Height : 7

Welcome to Oranjemund (2018)

Oranjemund is a town in the constituency of the same name in the ǁKaras region in southern Namibia with around 3900 inhabitants.

Oranjemund is located on the north side of the mouth of the Oranje (hence the name) into the Atlantic , which here forms the border with South Africa with its north bank . Opposite, on the south side of the river, is Alexander Bay ( Afrikaans Alexanderbaai ), to which Oranjemund is connected via the Ernest-Oppenheimer Bridge . Oranjemund owes its origin to the diamond mining in northern diamond area .

The road connection from Rosh Pinah to Oranjemund (DR118) runs north of the Oranje.

Henry Edward Coetzee from SWAPO has been Mayor since March 23, 2012 .

Status and Politics

status

The mining town was privately owned by the diamond company NAMDEB until August 1, 2011 and was run by the “Oranjemund Town Managemen Company”. Namdeb provided the residents, who mostly work for him, with an exceptionally good infrastructure and a varied range of leisure activities due to its remote location.

In November 2009 it was announced that the proclamation as a Namibian city should be completed by mid-2010. However, the process continued through August 2011. The city was transferred from NAMDEB to the state, with NAMDEB continuing to secure the city's services until further notice. On March 23, 2012, a city council was set up for the first time, which has gradually taken over the administration. Until the end of this process (autumn 2017), Oranjemund will remain a closed city and access for non-residents is only possible with a special permit. The city was officially opened to the public on October 21, 2017.

history

After Hans Merensky found diamonds at Alexander Bay, Oranjemund was founded in 1936 by Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa (CDM), which is part of the De Beers group and operates diamond mining .

With the increasing relocation of diamond production to the Atlantic ( offshore production ) and the associated plans to give up the diamond restricted area, Oranjemund has recently been handed over to local government as a first step and the city has been opened to the general public. Intensive agriculture and tourism facilities such as a luxury hotel are planned for the future.

Around 4 km south of the city is the small Oranjemund Airport with scheduled flights to and from Windhoek , Lüderitz and Cape Town as well as ferry connections to Lüderitz and Alexander Bay .

politics

Local politics

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

Political party	be right	Share of votes	Seats
SWAPO	1584	92.6%	6th
RDP	0126	07.4%	1
All in all	1710	100%	7th

Town twinning

Namibia Ondangwa (since July 2013)
Namibia Swakopmund (since February 2017)

Infrastructure

Oranjemund has a private hospital operated by the mining company NAMDEB . It is to be converted into a semi-public hospital by mid-2019, as the closest public hospital is in Lüderitz, 400 kilometers away. There is also (as of August 2018) a health clinic, two pharmacies, a dental practice and an ophthalmologist in the city.

Educational institutions

Oranjemund Primary School
Oranjemund Private School

literature

Conny von Schmettau: On pad with Konny von Schmettau through the south of Namibia including Oranjemund. Hippos Verlag, Swakopmund 2012, ISBN 9789991688602 .