Omaheke

Omaheke is one of the fourteen areas of Namibia, its capital is Gobabis. It lies on the jap border of Namibia and is the Western extension of the Kalahari wilderness. The name Omaheke is the Herero phrase for Sandveld. On 11 August 1904, a German armed pressure with artillery and device guns, which had encircled the Herero who had fled to the Waterberg in Namibia, attacked and compelled the survivors to escape to the Omaheke wilderness, wherein massive numbers died. Those who attempted to emerge from the barren region had been killed by way of German patrols along the perimeter of the Omaheke.

This turned into the turning point within the Herero and Namaqua Genocide. A huge a part of this place is called the Sandveld. The northeastern part of the region is still very a whole lot desert. Anthropologically, nearly the entire Ovambanderu and Gobabis-Juǀwa ethnic organizations live within the place. Furthermore, it's miles a rich cultural location for Herero, Damara-Nama, Tswana, Afrikaners and Germans. A brilliant occasion is the annual Meat Festival at Gobabis.