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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.
Oranjemund is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. It covers an area of 4,623 km 2 (1,785 sq mi) and had a population of 9,837 in 2011, up from 7,789 in 2001. [ 1 ] The main towns are the district capital Oranjemund and the mining town of Rosh Pinah , the constituency also contains the Sendelingsdrift border post. [ 2 ]
Until 2017 the mining town of Oranjemund on the Atlantic coast was run by Namdeb, a company jointly owned by the Namibian government and the diamond mining and trading company De Beers. [4] On April 1, 2008, Kaapanda Shadika, an employee of De Beers , discovered a collection of copper ingots and remnants of elephant ivory while excavating an ...
The population was divided into 15,481 households, with an average size of 4.1 persons; 35% of households had a female head of house, while 65% had a male as head. For those 15 years and older, 69% had never married, 20% married with certificate, 2% married traditionally, 5% married consensually, 1% were divorced or separated, and 2% were widowed.
Oranjemund Airport (IATA: OMD, ICAO: FYOG) is an airport serving Oranjemund, [1] a town in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. The town and airport are located near the northern bank of the Orange River , which is the border between Namibia and South Africa .
The Kudu gas field is an offshore gas field in Namibia approximately 170 kilometres (110 mi) north-west from the town of Oranjemund. It is located in the Orange Sub-basin in 170 metres (560 ft) of water.
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