Warmbad
Aixa-aibes Nisbett Bath | |
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  Warmbad Location in Namibia | |
| Coordinates: 28°27′S 18°44′E / 28.450°S 18.733°E | |
| Country |  Namibia |
| Region | ǁKaras Region |
| Constituency | Karasburg Constituency |
| Founded | 1806 |
| Elevation | 2,333 ft (711 m) |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,200 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (South African Standard Time) |
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Warmbad (Afrikaans and German for Warm Bath, Nama: |Aixa-aibes) is a settlement located in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It is situated south of Karasburg at the Homs River, close to the border with South Africa, and belongs to the Karasburg electoral constituency.[3]
First occupied by traders, hunters, and missionaries of different congregations, the hot springs from which the settlement's name is derived were first exploited at the beginning of the 20th century and are now being developed into a tourist attraction. Recently[update], uranium was discovered in the area.
Climatically, Warmbad lies between the coastal desert and the Karoo. Winter frost occurs and very little rainfall (annual average: 96 millimetres (3.8 in)).[4] The mean medial temperature lies between 12 and 15 degrees.[5]
- ^ Froehling, Marc (November 2012). "Warmbad: (Noch) Abseits der Touristenrouten" [Warmbad: (Yet) Beyond the Beaten Track]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Vol. 2012, no. 10. Tourismus Namibia.
- ^ "Nisbett-Bath, Great Namacqualand" (PDF). The Wesleyan Juvenile Offering: A Miscellany of Missionary Information for Young Persons. IX. Wesleyan Missionary Society: 12. February 1852. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ Sasman, Catherine (10 November 2010). "Karas profile". New Era. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012.
- ^ Menges, Werner (26 May 2011). "Rainy season was one for the record books". The Namibian.
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