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Rehoboth
Khoekhoe: ǀAnes | |
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 Aerial view of Rehoboth (2017) | |
  Rehoboth Location in Namibia | |
| Coordinates: 23°19′S 17°05′E / 23.317°S 17.083°E | |
| Country |  Namibia |
| Region | Hardap Region |
| Constituencies | Rehoboth Urban West Rehoboth Urban East |
| Area | |
| • Total | 639 km2 (247 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 40,788 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (South African Standard Time) |
| Climate | BWh |
Rehoboth is a town in central Namibia just north of the Tropic of Capricorn. Located 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of the Namibian capital Windhoek, Rehoboth lies on a high elevation plateau with several natural hot-water springs. It receives sparse mean annual rainfall of 240 millimetres (9.4 in), although in the 2010/2011 rainy season a record 731 millimetres (28.8 in) were measured.[3] In 2005, it had a population of 21,378 later increased to 28,843 in 2011, according to the 2011 Namibian Population and Housing Census. In 2023, it had increased further to 40,788 people.
Rehoboth is intersected from north to south by the national road B1, which also serves as the border of the two electoral constituencies in the town, Rehoboth Urban West and Rehoboth Urban East. Rehoboth is the core territory of the Baster community which still lives according to their Paternal Laws which were enacted in 1872.[4]
- ^ "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "2023 Population & Housing Census Preliminary Report" (PDF). Statistics Namibia.
- ^ Menges, Werner (26 May 2011). "Rainy season was one for the record books". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011.
- ^ Shiremo, Shampapi (31 March 2012). "New Era - Hermanus van Wyk: The 'Biblical Moses' of the Rehoboth Baster Community". New Era. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2019.