Sesfontein
Sign in to saveSesfontein is a settlement in the Kunene Region of Namibia, situated from the regional capital Opuwo. It was proclaimed in 2005 and is administered by the Kunene Regional Council. Sesfontein is also the seat of the Sesfontein Constituency office. It features a clinic and school.
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- Sesfontein
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- 250px
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- The reconstructed Fort Sesfontein in 2014
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- Namibia
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- bottom
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- 300
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- Kunene Region
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- Constituency
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- Sesfontein Constituency
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- Proclaimed
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- 2005
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- Imperial
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Sesfontein is a settlement in the Kunene Region of Namibia, situated from the regional capital Opuwo. It was proclaimed in 2005 and is administered by the Kunene Regional Council. Sesfontein is also the seat of the Sesfontein Constituency office. It features a clinic and school.
== History == Sesfontein derives its name from the six fountains which have their source in the vicinity. The most well known landmark of Sesfontein is Fort Sesfontein, erected in 1896 as a police outpost by Schutztruppe soldiers of Imperial Germany to control the movement of cattle after a rinderpest epidemic. The palm trees at the fort were planted by the German police officers who manned the fort to combat weapons smuggling and elephant and rhino poaching.
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