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  2. Oranjemund - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Oranjemund Constituency - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  4. ǁKaras Region - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Bom Jesus (ship) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Alexander Bay, South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Lithograph of James Edward Alexander after whom the town is named. Alexander Bay (Afrikaans: Alexanderbaai) is a town in the extreme north-west of South Africa.It is located on the southern bank of the Orange River mouth.

  7. Namibia–South Africa border - Wikipedia

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    Namibia (green) and South Africa (orange) The border between Namibia and South Africa is 967 kilometres (601 mi) long. [1] It runs along the Orange River from its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean to the 20th meridian east, and then northwards along that meridian to the tripoint with Botswana at the Nossob River.

  8. List of cities and towns in Namibia - Wikipedia

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    "Oranjemund proclaimed as town after long battle". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012; Shaanika, Helvy (7 September 2011). "Ruacana unveils new road, hall". New Era. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013; Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa

  9. Karasburg Constituency - Wikipedia

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    Karasburg was an electoral constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia.It had a population of 16,470 in 2011, up from 15,758 in 2001. The constituency covered an area of 38,329 km 2 (14,799 sq mi). [1]