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Hoachanas
Sign in to saveHoachanas (Khoekhoe: '''''') is a settlement of 3,000 inhabitants in the Hardap Region of southern central Namibia, located northeast of Kalkrand. It is situated at the junction of the main road C21 from Kalkrand, and C15 from Dordabis to Stampriet and belongs to the Mariental Rural electoral constituency.
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- Locality
- Hoachanas
- Region
- Hardap Region
- Country
- Namibia
- Population
- 3,000
- Timezone
- Africa/Windhoek
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Namibia
- Located in
- Hardap Region
- Population
- 3500
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1988-056-10, Deutsch-Südwestafrika, Häuptling mit Gefolge.jpg
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8 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Pre–colonial period
- German colonial period
- South African mandate period
- Independent Namibia
- People from Hoachanas
- References
Hoachanas (Khoekhoe: '''''') is a settlement of 3,000 inhabitants in the Hardap Region of southern central Namibia, located northeast of Kalkrand. It is situated at the junction of the main road C21 from Kalkrand, and C15 from Dordabis to Stampriet and belongs to the Mariental Rural electoral constituency.
Inhabited since at least 1695, Hoachanas is the main settlement of the Khaiǁkhaun (Red Nation), the largest and most important of the subtribes of the Nama people. All chiefs of the Red Nation had their main residence at this settlement. Hoachanas is also the home of Markus Kooper, reverend, educator and anti-apartheid activist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hoachanas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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