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The Hardap Recreation Resort (also known as Hardap Nature Reserve) is a National Park located in southern Namibia. It was proclaimed in 1968 [ 1 ] and measures 252 square kilometres (97 sq mi). Hardap is situated in Hardap Region , about 250 kilometres (160 mi) south of Windhoek and about 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of Mariental.
The Hardap Dam is a dam close to Mariental in the Hardap Region of central Namibia. Built in 1963 while Namibia was under South African occupation , the Hardap Dam has been the largest dam in the country for more than five decades.
According to the Namibia 2001 Population and Housing Census, Hardap had a population of 68,249 (33,665 females and 34,579 males or 103 males for every 100 females) growing at an annual rate of 0.3%. The fertility rate was 3.6 children per woman. 46% lived in urban areas while 54% lived in rural areas, and with an area of 109,651 km 2 , the ...
The Hardap Dam, situated 22 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Mariental, is the second largest dam in Namibia. It supplies the city with water and controls the flow of the Fish River which flows in a southerly direction past the town. Hardap Dam has a capacity of 320 million cubic metres (420,000,000 cu yd) and a surface area of 25 km 2 (2,500 ha ...
Sesriem is a small settlement in the Namib Desert, in the Hardap Region of Namibia, close to the southern end of the Naukluft Mountains. It is especially known because the "Sesriem gate" is the main access point to the Namib-Naukluft National Park for visitors entering the park to visit the nearby tourist attraction of Sossusvlei. [1]
Hardap Recreation Resort surrounds Namibia's largest Hardap Dam, which opened in 1964 as a recreational area. [24] Listed under IUCN Category IV, [ 24 ] as of 2004 the park it covered an area of 252 square kilometres (97 sq mi), of which about 10% formed the lake area.
Rietoog is a settlement in the Hardap Region of Namibia. It is situated 112 kilometres (70 mi) southwest of Rehoboth and 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of Maltahöhe along the M47 gravel road [1] and belongs to the Rehoboth Rural electoral constituency.
Construction started in 2013 and was initially expected to finish in 2017. Since its completion in 2018, it is the largest dam in Namibia, more than three times the capacity of the Hardap Dam upstream. The dam's purpose is to support a 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres) irrigation scheme nearby. [1]