Outjo

local community

Outjo

Details

Details

Aerial view of Outjo (2019)

motto

Nihil sine deo
(Nothing without God)

Basic data

Population
Area
Population Density

8400 (2011 census)
104.6 km²
80.3 inh / km²

State
Region
Constituency

Namibia
Kunene
Outjo

Establishment date

May 4, 1898

License plate
phone code

OJ
67

Website

outjomun.com.na

Political data

Mayor : Samuel! Oe-Amseb ( SWAPO )

Chief Executive Officer : Joseph A. ǀUrib

Last election: 2015

Next election: 2020

City Council address:
7 Hage G. Geingob Avenue
Outjo

Geographical data

Geographical coordinates : 20 ° 6′31 "S, 16 ° 9′16" E

Height : 1,216 m

Outjo ( Otjiherero for "small hill") is a municipality in the constituency of the same name in the Kunene region in Namibia . The city has 8400 inhabitants (as of 2011).

Outjo is located on the main road C39 south of the eastern foothills of the Fransfontein Mountains and is divided into the two districts Outjo and Etoshapoort.

The city is considered the cradle of the carnival in Namibia .

history

Since the 16th century, who live in the Kunene region Himba , one of the Herero related Bantu ethnic group . The town of Outjo was founded by German colonial troops on May 4, 1898, after the then Major Theodor Leutwein had set up a military base to explore the still unknown north of German Southwest Africa . Major Victor Franke's expeditions to Ovamboland are shown in the local history museum ( Franke-Haus-Museum ) . The Naulila Memorial commemorates the punitive expedition to the Portuguese fort of Naulila in Angola , which was led by Victor Franke in October 1914. This was carried out after a massacre of a German delegation who wanted to conclude a non-aggression pact.

Local politics

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

Political party	be right	Share of votes	Seats
SWAPO	1307	53.2%	4th
UDF	0706	28.7%	2
DTA	0381	15.5%	1
RDP	0.064	02.6%	0
All in all	2458	100%	7th

Worth seeing

NG Church in Outjo

Outjo offers a few sights, but is above all an important tourist transit point and supply point. In 2006, more than 22,000 tourists per month were counted.

Franke House Museum
Naulila Monument
The water tower , which was originally equipped with a wooden wind turbine, was used to collect water.

Near the city is the finger cliff created by erosion .

Facilities

Outjo had a TransNamib rail connection and airfield ( Outjo airfield ), a hospital and a clinic until the 2000s .

Educational institutions

Immediately in Outjo there are three primary schools and two secondary schools as well as a combined private school with a total of 2634 students and 96 teachers. (As of December 2009)

Jack Francis Primary School
Maarssen Primary School
Outjo Primary School
Moria Private School
Etoshapoort Junior Secondary School
Outjo Secondary School

The following schools are located in the vicinity of the city:

Otjikondo School Village & Primary School (about 85 kilometers northwest of the city)
St. Michael Roman-Catholic Primary School (about 70 kilometers northwest of the city)