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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.
Notable places in the region include the harbour town of Lüderitz and its fishing and boat-building industry, the diamond areas along the coast—both on- and off shore—with Oranjemund as the main centre, mining enterprises in the southern part of Namibia such as the Haib mine, (Klein Karas area, Rosh Pinah), the Kudu Gas field in the ...
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".
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 ]
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 .
Ontoko Combined School, 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Outapi in Ontoko, Onesi Constituency [58] Onyika Junior Secondary School, Oshikuku; Opuwo Primary School, Opuwo. As of 2017 the school had 39 teachers and 1,200 learners. [59] Orange Combined School, Orange, Okalongo Constituency; Oranjemund Private School; Orban Primary School, Windhoek
The Arabian oryx was known to be in decline since the early 1900s in the Arabian Peninsula. By the 1930 there were two separate populations isolated from each other. [6] In 1960, Lee M. Talbot reported that Arabian oryx appeared to be extinct in its former range along the southern edge of Ar-Rub' al-Khali.