Otjimbingwe
Sign in to saveOtjimbingwe (also: Otjimbingue) is a settlement in the Erongo Region of central Namibia. Otjimbingwe has approximately 8,000 inhabitants and belongs to the Karibib electoral constituency.
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Place details
- Locality
- Otjimbingwe
- Region
- Erongo Region
- Country
- Namibia
- Population
- 7,677
- Timezone
- Africa/Windhoek
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Otjimbingwe
- Settlement.other_name
- Otjizingue
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Settlement
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Rheinische missionskirche otjimbingwe namibia.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Rhenish Missionary Church in Otjimbingwe
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Namibia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Namibia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Otjimbingwe
- Country
- Namibia
- Located in
- Karibib Constituency
- Population
- +10981
- Elevation
- +844
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- German South-West Africa
- Image
- Pulverturm otjimbingwe namibia 2012.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- People
- Historic buildings
- Education
- Natural history
- References
- Notes
- Literature
- External links
Otjimbingwe (also: Otjimbingue) is a settlement in the Erongo Region of central Namibia. Otjimbingwe has approximately 8,000 inhabitants and belongs to the Karibib electoral constituency.
Otjimbingwe was an important settlement in South West Africa. In the 1860s, the Herero people, facing an imminent attack from the Nama people, united here and elected Maharero first their military commander, and later their first paramount chief. Situated on the Old Bay Road, an ox wagon track leading from Windhoek to Walvis Bay, the settlement was also an economic and cultural centre. Karl Johan Andersson had his trading headquarters here, the Augustineum seminary was situated in town, and it hosted the headquarters of the Rhenish Mission Society. When the territory became the German colony of German South West Africa, Otjimbingwe was the de facto capital.