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Oranjemund (German for "Mouth of Orange") is a diamond mining town of 4,000 inhabitants situated 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.
Its fate was unknown until 2008, when its remains were discovered during diamond mining operations on the coast of Namibia, near Oranjemund. Today, the Bom Jesus is the oldest known and most valuable shipwreck ever discovered off the Western coast of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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 ]
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A map from 1964 to 1965 showing the Namibian "homelands" or Bantustans [9] when Namibia was under the rule of apartheid South Africa. Shipwreck of Eduard Bohlen Ugabmund Gate (Ugab River Gate) of the Skeleton Coast National Park ; note the skulls-and-crossbones in the gate
Rosh Pinah is a mining town [2] located in southern Namibia, close to the border with South Africa. It is situated 360 kilometres (220 mi) south of Keetmanshoop in Namibia's ǁKaras Region. West of the town lies Diamond Area 1, the main diamond mining area of Namibia. Rosh Pinah belongs to the Oranjemund electoral constituency.
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