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    the Otavi electoral constituency. The towns of Otavi, Tsumeb (to the north) and Grootfontein (to the northeast) define an area known as the "Otavi Triangle"...
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  • The Otavi Mining and Railway Company (Otavi Minen- und Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft or OMEG) was a railway and mining company in German South West Africa (today's...
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    government initiative the Otavi Mining and Railway Company (O.M.E.G.) was established which built a line from Swakopmund to Tsumeb via Otavi between 1903 and 1906...
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    catchment area extends well into the Otjozondjupa Region. Ugab's source is near Otavi. From there the riverbed leads westwards past the Paresis Mountains and...
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    Namibia. It is one of the three towns in the Otavi Triangle, situated on the B8 national road that leads from Otavi to the Caprivi Strip. The place was known...
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    meteorite site for tourism was hampered by its location in the Otavi triangle of Otavi, Tsumeb and Grootfontein, a key arena of the Namibian war of independence...
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  • The Battle of Otavi fought between the militaries of the Union of South Africa and German Southwest Africa on 1 July 1915 was the final battle of the...
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    various sizes litter the coast, notably the Eduard Bohlen, Benguela Eagle, Otavi, Dunedin Star and Tong Taw. The name "Skeleton Coast" was coined by John...
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    municipalities of Okahandja and Grootfontein and the towns Okakarara and Otavi. As of 2020[update], Otjozondjupa had 97,945 registered voters. A landmark...
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    Otavi Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It had 11,620 inhabitants in 2004 and 9,608 registered voters in...
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  • Otavi railway station is located in the mining town of Otavi in Namibia's central Otjozondjupa Region. It is served by a mostly freight railway and limited...
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    aged between 760 and 550 million years ago. The genus was named after the Otavi Group in Namibia in which the fossils were found. The oldest fossils are...
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  • Hoba meteorite. Kegelite Tsumeb Otavi Mining and Railway Company Hoba meteorite German book: Die Geschichte der OTAVI MINEN AG 1900-2000, Eschborn, 2000...
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    Omaruru ON – Otjinene OP – Opuwo OR – Oranjemund OT – Otjiwarongo OV – Otavi R – Rehoboth RC – Ruacana RU – Rundu S – Swakopmund SH – Oshakati T – Tsumeb...
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  • Otavi Mining and Railway Company. Six narrow gauge Class Hb 0-6-2 tank and tank-and-tender locomotives, acquired between 1905 and 1908 for the Otavi Mining...
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    Namibia, there are large White communities in Otjiwarongo and towns in the Otavi Triangle, such as Tsumeb and Grootfontein. The 1981 census of the Republic...
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    from Swakopmund to Table Bay. The Bohlen lies near two other wrecks, the Otavi, which foundered here and sank in 1945, and MV Dunedin Star, among the many...
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    part of the Tripoli-Cape Town Highway. The section between Okahandja and Otavi is part of the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road, and the former...
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  • milling facility is located in the capital, Windhoek and it has two others in Otavi and Katima Mulilo. Namib Mills also operates collection centers on the country...
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    wasting of the newly uplifted edges of the Congo Craton, followed by the Otavi Formation (750-650 Ma), composed of dolomite and limestone from the formation...
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    debated. The pipe penetrates more or less vertically through the Precambrian Otavi dolomite for at least 1,300 m. One possibility is that the pipe was actually...
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  • gun-armed fighter aircraft (Details) African, South West Africa Battle of Otavi. July 9 African, South West Africa The German forces in South-West Africa...
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    South African Railways for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company in South West Africa. More were purchased for the Otavi Railway and the Tsumeb Copper Corporation...
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    Transport in Namibia South African Class 32-200 South African Class 33-400 Otavi Mining and Railway Company "About Us". transnamib.com.na. Retrieved 14 August...
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    000 km2 (50,000 sq mi) territory to German colonists by 1903,: 60  before the Otavi railway line running from the African coast to inland German settlements...
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    Africa in 1978. A special 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railcar was built for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company with a design speed of 137 km/h (85 mph). Curve...
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  • at the southern margin of the Otavi Mountain Range in northern Namibia. It is situated 37 kilometres (23 mi) East of Otavi on the B8 to Grootfontein. Kombat...
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    located on the B1 road and its links between Windhoek, the Golden Triangle of Otavi, Tsumeb and Grootfontein, and Etosha National Park. It is one of Namibia's...
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    Tsumeb. The other two columns advanced on Lukin's right flank, Myburgh to Otavi junction and Manie Botha to Tsumeb and the line's terminus. The men who...
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    (present-day Namibia), on 3 August 1941. He received his early education at Otavi. He joined the Augustineum in 1958. In 1960, he was expelled from the Augustineum...
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