Donkerbos

Donkerbos (Afrikaans: dark bush) is a settlement in the remote East of Namibia in Omaheke Region, situated 260 kilometres (160 mi) from the regional capital Gobabis.[1]

Donkerbos
settlement
Donkerbos
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 21°36′S 20°28′E
Country Namibia
RegionOmaheke Region
ConstituencyOtjombinde Constituency
Elevation
4,124 ft (1,257 m)
Time zoneUTC+2 (South African Standard Time)

It belongs to the Otjombinde electoral constituency in the Kalahari Desert, near hunting grounds of the San people, who moved here long before the village was established. They still form the majority population of Donkerbos.[2] Donkerbos Primary School serves 200 learners of both this settlement and the neighboring hamlet of Sonneblom.[3][4]

Development and infrastructure

Donkerbos is outside the coverage of all mobile communication networks. It does not have electricity or landline telephone service and is not connected to Namibia's water and sewerage system. School and village share one borehole. The access road off D1692 is a bumpy 30 kilometres (19 mi) sand track only accessible by 4x4.[2]

gollark: Put it near your power storage.
gollark: You should click the `S` button with `Off` under it to make it autodistribute to the right slot.
gollark: No, 3.
gollark: They parallel-process.
gollark: 248 rads per chunk, I think, though given that it's chunk-based I guess it's the same everywhere.

References
  1. "Namdeb's Social Responsibility Initiatives Hailed". New Era. 19 October 2006. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013.
  2. Tjatindi, Charles (11 April 2013). "Battling the odds at Donkerbos". The Namibian. NAMPA. p. 7.
  3. Shejavali, Nagula (12 June 2009). "Critics blast Spanish reality show for 'stereotyping' San". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013.
  4. "Keine sichtbaren Zeichen von Hunger" [No visible signs of starvation]. Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 1 December 2003.


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