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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 was privately owned by De Beers until 2017, and thus governed by the diamond mining company's administration. In 2011 the political administration was handed over to government which proclaimed it a town. It is now governed by a town council that has seven seats. [7]
As of 2015 Namibia has thirteen cities, each of them governed by a municipality council that has between 7 and 15 seats. Compared to towns, cities have the authority to set up facilities like public transport, housing schemes, museums, and libraries without the approval of the Minister of Urban and Rural Development.
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 ]
The 121 Constituencies of Namibia. Each of the 14 regions of Namibia is further subdivided into electoral constituencies.The size of the constituencies varies with the size and population of each region.
Protests against the Edison, N.J. town council’s ordinance banning items deemed "props" at meetings are intensifying, with residents vowing to keep up the pressure in support of the American flag.
After 28 years without a postal code system in Namibia, the national postal service provider NamPost introduced new postal codes in December 2018. [1]They consist of five digits, where the first two indicate the region, the last two the post office and the third digit is always a 0.
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