Otjiwarongo

local community

Otjiwarongo

Details

Details

Otjiwarongo city center

motto

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Basic data

Population
Area
Population Density

28,000 (2011 census)
139.9 km²
200.2 inhabitants / km²

State
Region
Constituency

Namibia
Otjozondjupa
Otjiwarongo

Establishment date

1892

License plate
phone code

OT
67

Website

otjimun.org.na

Political data

Mayor : Bennes Haimbondi

Chief Executive Officer : Moderatha Shaduka

Last election: 2015

Next election: 2020

City Council address:
2 Kreft Street
Otjiwarongo

Geographical data

Geographical coordinates : 20 ° 27 ′ 51 ″ S, 16 ° 39 ′ 10 ″ E

Height : 1460 m

Housing estate

church

Historic locomotive

Otjiwarongo ( Herero for "beautiful place for the fat cattle") is the administrative seat and capital of the Otjozondjupa region ( Namibia ) and the district town of the constituency of the same name . The city has 28,000 inhabitants.

It is centrally located on the B1 between the north Namibian maize triangle ( Otavi , Tsumeb , Grootfontein ) and the capital Windhoek, 250 kilometers to the south . This makes Otjiwarongo easy to reach and accordingly has functions as a city and especially as a center for the agricultural surrounding area, which includes the places Kalkfeld and Okakarara . The Waterberg massif lies around 50 kilometers southeast of the city ; 70 kilometers south of Mount Etjo .

history

Otjiwarongo was founded in 1892 as one of the first places in South West Africa . In 1900 the first German settlers moved to the place previously inhabited only by Herero and a few Damara , where the Herero and Nama uprising began in 1904 . In 1906 Julius Doll opened the first shop in Otjiwarongo.

On April 2, 1906, the place was connected to the Otavibahn . The old steam locomotive “No. 41 ”, which was built in 1912 by the Henschel company in Kassel , which is why it is now often called the“ old Henschel locomotive ”. It was once used on the railway line between Swakopmund and Otavi .

The town, which had grown considerably due to its central location, was granted town charter in 1939.

Population and languages

90% of the population should speak and understand Afrikaans . About 75% speak English and about 35% German . However, indigenous languages such as Otjiherero , Khoekhoegowab and Oshivambo are predominant .

Local politics

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

Political party	be right	Share of votes	Seats
SWAPO	3901	70.6%	5
DTA	0454	08.2%	1
UDF	0442	08.0%	1
NUDO	0298	05.4%	0
Association of Otjiwarongo Residents	0238	04.3%	0
APP	0141	02.6%	0
RDP	050	00.9%	0
All in all	5524	100%	7th

economy

In 2008, in the “International UN Year for Basic Sanitation”, the local Clay House Project (CHP) started a new project together with the German development organization SODI : Dry toilets , now over 600, also known as Otji toilets , were found in the settlement areas the city of Otjiwarongo and other parts of the country. The aim is to prevent infectious diseases such as diarrhea and cholera, which are one of the greatest threats to the health and life of children and adults, in the future.

On July 2, 2015, the local electricity supplier Cenored agreed a power purchase agreement with HopSol Power Generation . It secures the purchase of energy from the HopSol solar park Otjiwarongo , the construction of which was completed in November 2015. The 5 MW - photovoltaic Plant was built near Otjiwarongo and to produce from 2016 some 13.5 million kWh per year.

The Whale Rock cement factory started operations in October 2018 .

education

Karundu Primary School
Orwetoveni Primary School
Otjiwarongo Primary School
Rogate Primary School
Spes Bona Primary School
Vooruit Primary School
TrainOccasion Primary School
Donatus School Otjiwarongo (from 1966-1995: German School Otjiwarongo)
Edugate Academy Private School
Monica Geingo's Secondary School
Otjiwarongo Secondary School
Paresis Secondary School
Perivoli Okonjima Country School (near Otjiwarongo)
(German) private school Otjiwarongo (since 2000)
Tsaraxa-Aibes Combined School

Attractions

ETANENO is anart museum and studio builtby Erwin Gebert and Alfonso Hüppi in1999,50 km south of Otjiwarongo.
The city is home to two institutions that are committed to protecting African big cats: the AfriCat Foundation and the Cheetah Conservation Fund .
The oldest crocodile farm in Namibia is located on the eastern outskirts of Otjiwarongo .
A narrow-gauge locomotive is well worth seeing in front of the station (see the history section ).
The Waterberg Plateau Park is located about 50 kilometers southeast of the city.

Sports

The main local football clubs are Mighty Gunners and Life Fighters , whose home stadium is Mokati Stadium .

Town twinning

Dundas

Ensisheim

Heusden

Mochudi / Kgatleng

Source:

sons and daughters of the town

Niel Barnard (* 1949), South African intelligence chief
Dan Craven (* 1983), Namibian racing cyclist
Hage Geingob (* 1941), Namibian politician, first Prime Minister and third President of Namibia
Michaela Hübschle (* 1950), Namibian politician
Vekuii Rukoro (* 1954), traditional leader of the Herero
Agnes Samaria (* 1972), middle distance runner
Calle Schlettwein (* 1954), Namibian politician