C39 road (Namibia)

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C39 road
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Transport in Namibia
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The road at Springbok Gate

C39 is an untarred road in central Namibia. It is 460 kilometres long and connects Torra Bay to Otavi. At Otavi the road connects with the B1 to Tsumeb and Windhoek and the B8 to Rundu.

Namibia republic in southern Africa

Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean; it shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres of the Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek, and it is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU), and the Commonwealth of Nations.

Otavi Town in Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia

Otavi is a town of 4,000 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia. Situated 360km north of Windhoek, it is the district capital of the Otavi electoral constituency. Most of the area is dolomitic (Precambrian) and the district was in the past renowned for its mineral wealth. Most of the deposits have now been exhausted.

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The following lists events that happened during 1922 in South Africa.

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