Outjo
Mayor / in: Isaias Katambo ( SWAPO )
Chief Executive Officer: Joseph A. | Urib
Last election: 2010
Next election: 2015
Address of the city administration: 7 Hage G. Geingob Avenue Outjo
Geographical Coordinates: 20 ° 6'31 "S, 16 ° 9'16 " E
Height: 1.216m
Outjo ( Otjiherero for "little hill " ) is a town and eponymous constituency in the Kunene region in Namibia. The town has 8400 inhabitants.
Outjo lies south of the eastern foothills of the Fransfonteinberge on the main road C39 and is divided into the two districts of Outjo and Etoshapoort.
The city is regarded as the birthplace of Mardi Gras in Namibia.
History
Since the 16th century live in the Kunene region, the Himba, Herero related to a Bantu ethnic group. The town of Outjo was founded in 1897 by German colonial troops after the then Major Theodor Leutwein had built a military base to explore the unknown north of German South-West Africa. In the local museum ( Franke House Museum ), the expeditions of Major Victor Franke are shown in Ovamboland. The Naulila monument reminiscent of the punitive expedition to the Portuguese Fort of Naulila in Angola, which was led by Victor Franke in October 1914. This was after a massacre at a German delegation, which wanted to close a non-aggression pact carried out.
Local Politics
In the 2010 local elections the following official final result was determined.
Attractions
Outjo offers some attractions, but above all an important tourist transit and destination of supply. In 2006, more than 22,000 tourists were counted per month.
- Franke House Museum
- Naulila Memorial
- The water tower, which was originally equipped with a wooden windmill, water extraction was used.
Near the city is the erosion caused by finger cliff.
Facilities
Outjo has a Trans- Namib Railway terminal and airfield (Airfield Outjo ), a hospital and a clinic.
Educational institutions
Immediately in Outjo, there are three primary schools and two secondary schools and a combined private school with a total of 2634 students and 96 teachers. (As of December 2009)
- Jack Francis Primary School
- Maarssen Primary School
- Outjo Primary School
- Moria Private School
- Etoshapoort Junior Secondary School
- Outjo Secondary School
Within the city there are, among others, the following schools:
- Otjikondo School & Village Primary School ( about 85 kilometers north- west of the city )
- St. Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School - ( about 70 kilometers north- west of the city )