Noordoewer

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Last election: 2010

Next election: 2015

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Geographic coordinates: 28 ° 45 ' S, 17 ° 37' O

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Noordoewer ( to German North Shore ) is a settlement and Namibian border crossing to the south -lying South Africa, about 120 kilometers from Grunau and forms on the north bank of the Orange River is a northern promontory (hence the Afrikaans name). Until the mid- 2000s, the settlement had to regain the status of a village and tried this since 2009.

Noordoewer is located in the constituency Karasburg -west at about 300 meters above sea level in a relatively dry and infertile Oranjetal here.

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The border Noordoewer is connected 24 hours in operation and with the South African border post Vioolsdrift by a road bridge over the river. There are few places to stay in the region. The border crossing is the southernmost terminus of the Namibian National Road B1, which runs through Namibia from north to south; from Vioolsdrift performs a dual carriageway (N7 ) continue to Cape Town.

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