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The town of Oranjemund lies on the northern bank of the river, which forms the international border with Namibia. The two towns are linked by the Ernest Oppenheimer Bridge, named for Ernest Oppenheimer in 1951. The town is served by Alexander Bay Airport.
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Rosh Pinah belongs to the Oranjemund electoral constituency. The town is connected via road to Aus [3] and Oranjemund. Copper was discovered here in the 1920s, and German-born Jew Mose Kohan discovered zinc in the nearby Hunz Mountains in 1963. He also coined the name "Rosh Pinah" which is a Hebrew term for "cornerstone". [4]
Oranjemund (German for "Mouth of Orange") is a diamond mining town in the ǁKaras Region of the extreme southwest of Namibia, on the northern bank of the Orange River mouth at the border with South Africa. It had a population of 7,736 people in 2023.
Oryx, or Oryxspioenkop, is a Dutch open-source intelligence defence analysis website, [1] [2] and warfare research group. [3] According to Oryx, the term spionkop ( Afrikaans for "spy hill") "refers to a place from where one can watch events unfold around the world".
Every Christmas, families gather to watch pantomimes or meet their school friends at the pub. They also eat Yorkshire puddings, mince pies, Christmas pudding, and Christmas cake.
FILE - West Virginia head coach Neal Brown is dunked with mayonnaise after the team's win against North Carolina in an NCAA college football game at the Duke's Mayo Bowl Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023 ...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has requested that "special detection systems" be deployed in New York and New Jersey after recent drone sightings fueled anxiety among residents in the region