Schlip

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Schlip
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Schlip
Coordinates: 24°02′S17°10′E / 24.033°S 17.167°E / -24.033; 17.167
CountryFlag of Namibia.svg Namibia
Region Hardap
Constituency Rehoboth Rural
Population
 (2016)
  Total
1,500
Time zone UTC+2 (South African Standard Time)

Schlip is a settlement of about 1,500 inhabitants in the Hardap Region of central Namibia. [1] [2] It is situated on the unpaved road D1254 about 40 miles south of Rehoboth [3] and has two primary schools and a junior secondary school.

Schlip is the administrative centre of the Rehoboth Rural constituency. [4] It is also the main settlement of the ǁOgain (Groot Doden) clan of the Nama people. [5]

References

  1. Polling Stations 28/29 November 2009 Namibian Polling stations 2009
  2. Hashange, Hilmah (24 August 2015). "Schlip community asks for tarred roads". New Era .
  3. Garoeb, Rhonie (5 August 2016). "Kindergarten facilities a necessity, say Schlip residents". New Era .
  4. "Constituencies". Hardap Regional Council. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  5. Malan, Johan S (1998). Die Völker Namibias[The Tribes of Namibia] (in German). Windhoek, Göttingen: Klaus Hess. pp. 120–125.