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ǁKaras Region

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The ǁKaras Region, also spelled !Karas Region, is the southernmost and least densely populated of the 14 regions of Namibia; its capital is Keetmanshoop. [1]

45 relations: Afrikaans, Ai-Ais Hot Springs, Air Namibia, Atlantic Ocean, Berseba Constituency, Bethanie, Namibia, Cape Town, Constituencies of Namibia, Coordinated Universal Time, ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency, Damara people, Diamond, Drinking water, Electoral Commission of Namibia, Fish River Canyon, Fishing, Great Karas Mountains, Hardap Region, Hifikepunye Pohamba, Karasburg, Karasburg East, Karasburg West, Keetmanshoop, Keetmanshoop Rural, Keetmanshoop Urban, Khoekhoe language, Lateral clicks, Lüderitz, Lucia Basson, Mining, Namibia, Namibian general election, 2004, Namibian local and regional elections, 2015, Naute Dam, New Era (Namibia), Northern Cape, Oranjemund, Oranjemund Constituency, Ovambo language, Radio, Regions of Namibia, SWAPO, The Namibian, Total fertility rate, Windhoek.

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and, to a lesser extent, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Ai-Ais Hot Springs

Ai-Ais Hot Springs meaning 'burning water' in the local Nama language, refers to the sulphurous thermal hot water springs found in the area.

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Air Namibia

Air Namibia (Pty) Limited, which trades as Air Namibia, is the national airline of Namibia, headquartered in Windhoek.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Berseba Constituency

Berseba is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia.

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Bethanie, Namibia

Bethanie (often in German: Bethanien, and in English: Bethany, previously Klipfontein, Khoekhoegowab: ǀUiǂgandes) is a village in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia.

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Cape Town

Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.

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Constituencies of Namibia

Each of the 14 regions in Namibia is further subdivided into electoral constituencies.

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Coordinated Universal Time

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ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency

ǃNamiǂNûs, until 2013 Lüderitz, is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia.

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Damara people

The Damara, plural Damaran (Khoekhoegowab: ǂNūkhoen, Black people, Bergdamara, referring to their extended stay in hilly and mountainous sites, also called at various times the Daman or the Damaqua) are an ethnic group who make up 8.5% of Namibia's population.

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Diamond

Diamond is a solid form of carbon with a diamond cubic crystal structure.

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Drinking water

Drinking water, also known as potable water, is water that is safe to drink or to use for food preparation.

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Electoral Commission of Namibia

The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is an agency of the Government of Namibia.

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Fish River Canyon

The Fish River Canyon (Afrikaans: Visrivier Canyon or Visrivier Afgronde, Fischfluss Canyon), is located in the south of Namibia.

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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.

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Great Karas Mountains

The Great Karas Mountains (Afrikaans: Groot Karasberge) are located in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia.

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Hardap Region

Hardap is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Mariental.

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Hifikepunye Pohamba

Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1936), Klausdierks.com.

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Karasburg

Karasburg (ǀNomsoros, old name Kalkfontein, literally "carst spring") is a town of 4,000 inhabitants in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia and the district capital of the Karasburg electoral constituency.

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Karasburg East

Karasburg East is an electoral constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia.

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Karasburg West

Karasburg West is an electoral constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia.

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Keetmanshoop

Keetmanshoop is a city in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, lying on the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Upington in South Africa.

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Keetmanshoop Rural

Keetmanshoop Rural is an electoral constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia.

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Keetmanshoop Urban

Keetmanshoop Urban is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia.

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Khoekhoe language

The Khoekhoe language, Khoekhoegowab, also known by the ethnic term Nama and formerly as Hottentot, is the most widespread of those non-Bantu languages of southern Africa that contain "click" sounds and have therefore been loosely classified as Khoisan.

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Lateral clicks

The lateral clicks are a family of click consonants found only in African languages.

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Lüderitz

Lüderitz is a harbour town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, lying on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa.

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Lucia Basson

Lucia Basson (born 20 March 1953 in Karasburg, ǁKaras Region) is a Namibian politician who has been the Governor of the ǁKaras Region of Namibia since April 2015.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.

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Namibia

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (German:; Republiek van Namibië), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean.

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Namibian general election, 2004

General elections were held in Namibia on 15 and 16 November 2004 to elect the President and National Assembly.

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Namibian local and regional elections, 2015

Namibia held elections for their local and regional councils on 27 November 2015.

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Naute Dam

The Naute Dam is a dam outside of Keetmanshoop in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia.

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New Era (Namibia)

The New Era is a daily national newspaper owned by the government of Namibia.

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Northern Cape

The Northern Cape (Noord-Kaap; Kapa Bokone) is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa.

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Oranjemund

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 to South Africa.

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Oranjemund Constituency

Oranjemund is a constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia.

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Ovambo language

The Ovambo language, Oshiwambo, is a dialect cluster spoken by the Ovambo people in Angola and northern Namibia, of which the written standards are Kwanyama and Ndonga.

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Radio

Radio is the technology of using radio waves to carry information, such as sound, by systematically modulating properties of electromagnetic energy waves transmitted through space, such as their amplitude, frequency, phase, or pulse width.

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Regions of Namibia

The administrative divisions of Namibia are tabled by Delimitation Commissions and accepted or declined by the National Assembly.

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SWAPO

SWAPO, formerly the South West African People's Organisation (Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO; Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volk-Organisasie, SWAVO) and officially known as SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia.

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The Namibian

The Namibian is the largest daily newspaper in Namibia.

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Total fertility rate

The total fertility rate (TFR), sometimes also called the fertility rate, absolute/potential natality, period total fertility rate (PTFR), or total period fertility rate (TPFR) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if.

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Windhoek

Windhoek (Windhuk; ǀAiǁgams; Otjomuise) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Namibia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ǁKaras_Region

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