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    Grootfontein (English: great spring, named after the nearby hot springs) is a city with 26,839 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia...
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  • northern Namibia: Neitsas, in Grootfontein district, and Gaub, in Tsumeb district. It is frequently identified as Grootfontein ǃXuun, as most research has...
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    Regiment were stationed at Grootfontein - some of them were married, so about 3,000 women and children also lived at Grootfontein. In 1910 the Union of South...
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    The Grootfontein Air Force Base (IATA: GFY, ICAO: FYGF) is an air base of the Namibian Air Force in Grootfontein, a town in the Otjozondjupa Region of...
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    Grootfontein Constituency is an electoral constituency in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It had 21,595 inhabitants in 2004 and 16,629 registered voters...
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  • adjacent) Central ǃXun (C1) Gaub (Tsumeb district, N Namibia) (C2) Neitsas (Grootfontein district, N Namibia) tentatively also the Tsintsabis, Leeunes and Mangetti...
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    Otjiwarongo. The region further contains the municipalities of Okahandja and Grootfontein and the towns Okakarara and Otavi. As of 2020[update], Otjozondjupa had...
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    to Tsumeb via Otavi between 1903 and 1906, and a branch from Otavi to Grootfontein in 1907/08. In 1914 the following railway lines existed: The Cape Cross...
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  • The Grootfontein Reformed Church is a congregation affiliated with the Reformed Churches in South Africa (GKSA) and located in Grootfontein, Namibia....
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    meteorite is named after the farm Hoba West, where it lies, not far from Grootfontein, in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It has been uncovered, but because...
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  • South Africa in the settlements of Mangetti Dune and Omtaku, east of Grootfontein, Namibia; and in Schmidtsdrif, west of Kimberley, South Africa. Angolan...
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    Grootfontein Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South West African Territorial Force. It formed part of the Area Force Units as well as the...
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    Behati Prinsloo (category People from Grootfontein)
    Fashion shows in 2014 and 2015. Prinsloo was born on 16 May 1988 in Grootfontein, Namibia (then part of South West Africa). She is the only child of her...
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    the Namibian Defence Force. It was commissioned on 13 March 2005 at Grootfontein Air Force Base. Following the independence of Namibia from South Africa...
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    the national highways of Namibia. It leads from the B1 at Otavi via Grootfontein and Rundu through the Caprivi Strip to the border town of Katima Mulilo...
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  • communities in Otjiwarongo and towns in the Otavi Triangle, such as Tsumeb and Grootfontein. The 1981 census of the Republic of South Africa reported a White population...
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    Otjiwarongo Bilingual sign in Grootfontein: Goethe St(reet) Gaussstr(aße) In Windhoek, Swakopmund, Keetmanshoop, Grootfontein and Lüderitz many or most street...
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    was likewise the Grootfontein, Tsumeb, Otavi, Outjo, Otjiwarongo, Hereroland and Damaraland regions. SADF's Air Force Base Grootfontein SADF's Northern...
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  • training institution of the Namibian Air Force. It is located at the Grootfontein Air Force Base. For vocational training the initial phase is carried...
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    a yellow tetragonal mineral. It is found at the Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia. It was named for a farm, Asis...
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    election, Tsumkwe Constituency was created in 1998 from the eastern part of Grootfontein Constituency. Tsumkwe is referred to as a capital city of San people...
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    AR – Aranos B – Bethanien BK - Bukalo DV - Divundu EN – Eenhana G – Grootfontein GO – Gobabis HB - Henties Bay HN - Helao Nafidi (since 2022) K – Keetmanshoop...
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    foreign languages 8%; Ndebele 7%; Pedi 4%; Xhosa 3%; Tswana 3%; Sotho 2% Grootfontein country estates 859 n.a. City of Tshwane Afrikaans 47%; English 17%;...
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  • Estate Cullinan and Surrounds Derdepoort Donkerhoek Doornkloof Elandshoek Grootfontein Estate Kameel Zyn Kraal Kameeldrift Kameeldrift East Kameelfontein and...
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    particular dearth of north-south roads in the Region, apart from the Rundu-Grootfontein main road. Rundu has a small airstrip to accommodate medium-sized tourist...
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  • Leon Jooste (category People from Grootfontein)
    Leon Jooste (born 18 February 1969 in Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region) is a Namibian politician and businessperson who served as Minister of Public Enterprises...
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  • Ondangwa air force base, the Canberras, Buccaneers and C-130/C-160s to Grootfontein air force base, where their support teams and material had been ferried...
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    heading for Angola. In 1885 some of these trekkers returned and settled at Grootfontein on land given to them free of charge by Jordan. The Republic of Upingtonia...
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    commander exercising overall command. The Army headquarters are located at Grootfontein military base, a former SADF logistics base. The Army has several thousand...
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  • olfactory signaling regulator, the protein encoded by the human GFY gene Grootfontein Air Force Base, IATA code GFY GFY Press, an independent publisher "GFY"...
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