Otjinene

Otjinene
Village

Public place in the centre of the village
Otjinene

Otjinene, Namibia

Coordinates: 21°08′00″S 18°46′00″E / 21.13333°S 18.76667°E / -21.13333; 18.76667
Country  Namibia
Region Omaheke Region
Constituency Otjinene Constituency
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 2,102
Time zone South African Standard Time (UTC+1)
Climate BSh

Otjinene is a village in the Omaheke Region of Namibia.[2] It is the district capital of Otjinene Constituency.[3] Otjinene is connected via a 157 kilometres (98 mi) tarred road to the regional capital Gobabis,[4] and via a 227 kilometres (141 mi) road to be tarred in 2017 to Grootfontein.[5]

Otjinene is surrounded by a communal area, where there are many villages. There are more or less 20 households in each village. The majority of the people around Otjinene are communal farmers, farming with cattle, goats and sheep. There is one health clinic which operates under the Ministry of Health and Social Services, and a number of retail stores.[6]

c. 18 kilometres (11 mi) to the Northeast is the Ozombuzovindimba heritage site. This is the place where in 1904 Lothar von Trotha issued the extermination order against the OvaHerero and Nama people, starting the Herero and Namaqua Genocide which would kill about 80% of all OvaHerero. OvaHerero and OvaMbanderu people gather annually here to commemorate lives and deaths of their ancestors.[6]

Politics

Otjinene was proclaimed a village in 2011.[6] Since then it is governed by a village council that currently has five seats.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Smit, Nico (20 September 2011). "More settlements coming". The Namibian.
  3. ↑ Hoveka, Utaara (19 July 2004). "Otjinene Heads for Town Status". New Era. allafrica.com.
  4. ↑ Nunuhe, Margareth (3 September 2012). "President commissions Otjinene road". New Era.
  5. ↑ "Okamatapati to Grootfontein road to be upgraded at N$523 million". New Era. 15 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 Tjitemisa, Kuzeeko (29 September 2016). "Top SA retailers to open doors in Otjinene". New Era.
  7. ↑ "Know Your Local Authority". Election Watch (3). Institute for Public Policy Research. 2015. p. 4.


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