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Oranjemund Destination Guide

Discover Oranjemund in Namibia

Oranjemund in the region of Karas with its 8,496 habitants is a town located in Namibia - some 416 mi or ( 669 km ) South of Windhoek , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Oranjemund

Local time in Oranjemund is now 06:16 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Windhoek " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Keetmanshoop, and Kortdoorn. When in this area, you might want to check out Keetmanshoop . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Oranjemund ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Landing Oranjemund Namibia FYOG

1:09 min by Skyhawkphotography
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Landing at Oranjemund airport, namibia, in a Jabiru 430, May 2010 Oranjemund Airport (IATA: OMD, ICAO: FYOG) is an airport serving Oranjemund, a town in the Karas Region of Namibia. The town and airpo ..

Fish River Canyon Pajas's photos around Ai-Ais, Namibia (travel pretoria to ai ais)

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Fish River Canyon/ 3rd day safari Sarahanddoug's photos around Fish River Canyon, Namibia

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Fish River Canyon Angela_louise's photos around Fish River Canyon, Namibia (canyon with river)

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Interesting facts about this location

Oranjemund Constituency

Oranjemund is a constituency in the Karas Region of Namibia. It covers an area of 27,000 sqkm and has a population of 18,200 inhabitants. The main towns are the district capital Oranjemund and the mining town of Rosh Pinah, the constituency also contains the Sendelingsdrift border post. Economic activities concentrate on mining and tourism, the current unemployment rate is 48%.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -28.55 16.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Constituencies of Karas Region

Kudu Power Project

The Kudu Power Project is a project to increase power production in Namibia. The main elements of the project are development of the Kudu gas field and construction of an 800 MW combined cycle natural gas-fired power station at Oranjemund. When completed, the power station will feed Namibian and South African power grids. The project will be developed by NamPower, a national energy company of Namibia.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -28.55 16.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Karas Region, Natural gas-fired power stations in Namibia, Proposed natural gas-fired power stations

Oranjemund Airport

Oranjemund Airport is an airport serving Oranjemund, a town in the Karas Region of Namibia. The town and airport are located near the northern bank of the Orange River, which is the border between Namibia and South Africa.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -28.58 16.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Airports in Namibia, Buildings and structures in Karas Region

Orange River

The Orange River, Gariep River, Groote River or Senqu River is the longest river in South Africa. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards through South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean. The river forms part of the international borders between South Africa and Namibia and between South Africa and Lesotho, as well as several provincial borders within South Africa. Except for Upington, Kimberly, and Aggeneys, it does not pass through any major cities.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -28.63 16.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Geography of Karas Region, Internal borders of South Africa, International rivers of Africa, Karoo, Lesotho–South Africa border, Namibia–South Africa border, Orange River, Redirects from misspellings, Rivers of Lesotho, Rivers of Namibia, Rivers of South Africa, Unprintworthy redirects, Vaal River

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Oranjemund