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...
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Oranjemund is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. It covers an area of 4,623.138 km2 and had a population of 9,837 in 2011, up from 7,789 in...
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Bom Jesus (ship) (redirect from Oranjemund shipwreck)
discovered during diamond mining operations on the coast of Namibia, near Oranjemund. Today, the Bom Jesus is the oldest known and most valuable shipwreck...
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Oranjemund Airport (IATA: OMD, ICAO: FYOG) is an airport serving Oranjemund, a town in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. The town and airport are located...
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contains the municipality of Keetmanshoop, the towns Karasburg, Lüderitz and Oranjemund, and the self-governed villages Aroab, Berseba, Bethanie, Koës and Tses...
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the Skeleton Coast region is that of the Bom Jesus, near the town of Oranjemund. It ran aground during the 1530s and is known to be one of the oldest...
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Jaco Barny Engels (born 17 December 1980, in Oranjemund) is a Namibian rugby union player whose usual position is prop. As youngster while at primary school...
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OJ – Outjo OK – Okakarara OM – Omaruru ON – Otjinene OP – Opuwo OR – Oranjemund OT – Otjiwarongo OV – Otavi R – Rehoboth RC – Ruacana RU – Rundu S – Swakopmund...
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rich in alluvial diamonds deposited along the coast by the Orange River. Oranjemund is another mining town along this coast, situated in Namibia, but very...
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February 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2011. Cloete, Luqman (3 August 2011). "Oranjemund proclaimed as town after long battle". The Namibian. Archived from the...
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