Otjiwarongo

Otjiwarongo is a metropolis of 28,000 inhabitants inside the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Otjiwarongo electoral constituency and also the capital of Otjozondjupa. Otjiwarongo is situated in critical-north Namibia at the TransNamib railway. It is the biggest enterprise centre for Otjozondjupa Region. Otjiwarongo is located on the B1 road and its hyperlinks among Windhoek, the Golden Triangle of Otavi, Tsumeb and Grootfontein, and Etosha National Park. It is considered one of Namibia’s rapid-growing cities, with a neat and non violent quality surroundings, and plenty of excellent centers such as supermarkets, banks, resorts and resorts. Some of Namibia's fine-recognized non-public sport farms and nature reserves are placed in and around the metropolis.

Otjiwarongo is one in all Namibia's cities with a large population of German-speakme humans. German have an effect on is likewise obtrusive in its Germanic homes. The college "Donatus School Otjiwarongo" changed into as soon as called "Deutsche Schule Otjiwarongo". The San and Damaras in which the primary settlers of the vicinity, the Damaras from the /Geio-Daman clan lived inside the vicinity from as early as 1390. The Damaras additionally named the city kanubes. German Namibians first settled in Otjiwarongo in 1900. A bloody war turned into fought in the location among the Hereros and the Germans in 1904 wherein among the Herero people died.