Oranjemund

Oranjemund
Flag of Oranjemund
Nickname: 
O – Mund
Motto: 
Excellence Integrity Teamwork Diversity
Oranjemund is located in Namibia
Oranjemund
Oranjemund
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 28°33′6″S 16°25′35″E / 28.55167°S 16.42639°E / -28.55167; 16.42639
Country Namibia
RegionǁKaras Region
ConstituencyOranjemund Constituency
Settled1936
Government
 • MayorHenry Edward Coetzee (SWAPO)
Elevation
39 ft (12 m)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
3,908
Time zoneUTC+2 (South African Standard Time)
ClimateBWk

Oranjemund (German for "Mouth of Orange") is a diamond mining town of 4,000 inhabitants situated in the ǁKaras Region of the extreme southwest of Namibia, on the northern bank of the Orange River mouth at the border with South Africa.

  1. ^ "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.