Klein Aub
Klein Aub is a village in the Rehoboth Rural constituency in the Hardap Region of central Namibia.[1] Situated on the junction of the unpaved roads C14 and D1290 it contains a store and two schools.
Klein Aub used to be the place of a copper mine from 1964 to 1987, also gold and silver have been found in the area. In early 2010 one of the mining tunnels collapsed, leaving a 50m deep hole.[2]
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Klein Aub | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 27 (80) | 25 (77) | 23 (73) | 20 (68) | 21 (69) | 23 (73) | 27 (80) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 31 (87) | 26 (78) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17 (62) | 16 (60) | 15 (59) | 12 (53) | 9 (48) | 6 (42) | 6 (42) | 9 (48) | 12 (53) | 14 (57) | 16 (60) | 17 (62) | 12 (53) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 79 (3.1) | 79 (3.1) | 79 (3.1) | 38 (1.5) | 7.6 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2.5 (0.1) | 13 (0.5) | 28 (1.1) | 41 (1.6) | 360 (14.3) |
Source: Weatherbase [3] |
References
[edit]- ^ Polling Stations 28/29 November 2009 Namibian Polling stations 2009
- ^ New Era, 2 Feb 2010 Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Panic as old mining tunnel sinks - by Catherine Sasman
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Klein Aub, Namibia". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.