Omaruru is a town in the Erongo Region of central Namibia . The town has 14,000 inhabitants and encompasses 352 square kilometres (136 sq mi) of land. It is situated near Mount Erongo , on the usually dry Omaruru River . It is located on the main paved road from Swakopmund to Otjiwarongo . The name in the Otjiherero language means 'bitter milk', as Herero cattle herds used to graze on the local bush that turned their milk bitter.
13-625: Omaruru may refer to: Omaruru, Namibia Omaruru Constituency , Namibia Omaruru River , Namibia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Omaruru . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omaruru&oldid=703397836 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
26-574: A mission built in 1872 by Gottlieb Viehe , now a museum , and was attacked in 1904 during the Herero Wars . Franke Tower was later erected to commemorate the relief by Hauptmann Victor Franke 's troops of the local Schutztruppe garrison - which had been under siege by the Herero people, who had risen against rule by the German colonial empire . The descendants of Lothar von Trotha and
39-492: Is a constituency in the Erongo Region of central-eastern Namibia . Its district capital is the city of Omaruru . It had a population of 8,577 in 2011, up from 7,156 in 2001. Omaruru constituency covers 8,431.9 km (3,255.6 sq mi) of land. As of 2020 the constituency had 6,672 registered voters. In the 2004 regional election , Omaruru was one of only a few constituencies of Namibia that were won by
52-520: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Omaruru, Namibia Omaruru is known for its annual festival where the Herero people commemorate their past local chiefs, its winery , and for the dinosaur footprints at nearby Otjihaenamparero . Omaruru was established in 1863 by Wilhelm Zeraua , the first chief of the White Flag clan of
65-715: The 2020 local authority election SWAPO won again over each individual opposition party but lost the majority of seats in the city council. SWAPO obtained 642 votes and gained two seats. One seat each went to the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, the new name of the DTA since 2017) with 403 votes, the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, newly formed in August 2020) with 305 votes, the local Omaruru Community Development Organisation with 297 votes,
78-561: The Congress of Democrats (CoD, 96 votes). The 2015 regional elections were won by Johannes Tuhafeni Hamutenya of SWAPO with 1,420 votes. Christiaan Nanuseb of UDF came second with 678 votes, Sanna Sofia Paulus of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) received 348 votes, and Vincent Isboset Kahua of National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) received 282. The 2020 regional election were again won by
91-680: The Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK) was separated from that in Otjiwarongo on March 1, 1941, and included Omaruru, Karibib , Usakos , Kalkfeld , Swakopmund , and Walvis Bay as ward centers. Over the years, six congregations were in turn spun off from the Omaruru one, but the overall numbers were usually sparse given the predominantly ethnic German demographics of the local white population. At its founding,
104-518: The OvaHerero people . In 1871, Anders Ohlsson and Axel Eriksson established a brewery at Omaruru. Eriksson had also established a trading post, which flourished and by 1878 he employed about forty whites. Eriksson's business was based upon long-distance trading between southern Angola and the Cape Colony , which necessitated the establishment of regional trade routes. The town grew around
117-562: The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) with 369 votes, the United Democratic Front (UDF) with 308 votes, and National Unity Democratic Organisation (NUDO) with 107 votes. SWAPO also was the strongest party in the 2015 local authority elections , winning four seats in the town council and gaining 1117 votes. The UDF gained two seats (590 votes), and the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) obtained one (291 votes). In
130-779: The UDF with 230 votes, and NUDO with 182 votes. Omaruru is the only Namibian town not connected to the NamWater pipeline network. It receives its water from boreholes along the Omaruru River which are managed by the municipality. Omaruru Railway Station connects the town to the Trans-Namib railway network. The Omaruru Correctional Facility is the smallest of Namibia's seven major prisons. 21°26′S 15°56′E / 21.433°S 15.933°E / -21.433; 15.933 Omaruru Constituency Omaruru
143-517: The congregation covered an area of approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi), both north to south and east to west. Omaruru is governed by a municipal council that currently has seven seats. It is the district capital of the Omaruru Constituency . Omaruru is one of few Namibian towns where the political opposition is relatively strong. Namibia's ruling party SWAPO won the 2010 local authority election with 847 votes, followed by
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#1732771995190156-430: The opposition. United Democratic Front (UDF) politician Stephanus Evaristo Shangombe received 1,010 of the 2,569 votes cast and became councillor. In the 2010 regional elections , SWAPO 's Uparura Michael Tjirare won the constituency with 1,102 votes. The defeated challengers were Josef Landuleni Nangolo of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP, 570 votes), Lisken Noabes of the UDF, 398 votes, and John Tjiuongua of
169-468: The von Trotha family travelled to Omaruru in October 2007 by invitation of the royal Herero chiefs and publicly apologised for his role in the Herero genocide . Member of the family Wolf-Thilo von Trotha: "We, the von Trotha family, are deeply ashamed of the terrible events that took place a 100 years ago. Human rights were grossly abused that time". Omaruru Reformed Church , the local congregation of
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