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C36 Road (Namibia)
C36 is a secondary route in Namibia 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 ea ... that runs from the B2 at Wilhelmstal. It is intersected by the C33 at Omaruru before terminating at Uis, where it joins the C35. The C36 is paved. References {{Highways of Namibia Roads in Namibia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelmstal
Lushoto is one of the eleven districts of Tanga Region in Tanzania. It is bordered to the northeast by Kenya, to the east by the Muheza, Muheza District, to the northwest by the Kilimanjaro Region, west by Korogwe District and to the south by the Bumbuli District. The district's capital and largest town is Lushoto. History It was formerly known as ''Wilhelmstal'' (William's Valley) and was named after Emperor Wilhelm II. During the German colonial period from the 1890s to 1918 the area was popular with settlers, hence the Germany, German place name of Wilhelmstal. Large farms and plantations were created, and the district was valued for its pleasant mountain climate. Numerous church missions were, and remain, active. Between 1893 and 1911 the German ''Ostafrikanische Eisenbahngesellschaft'' (East African Railway Company) constructed an important railway line starting at Tanga, Tanzania, Tanga on the coast and passing along the Usambara Mountains with a station at Mombo, about fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaruru, Namibia
Omaruru is a city in the Erongo Region of central Namibia. The town has 14,000 inhabitants and owns 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 a local bush that turned their milk bitter. 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. History Omaruru was established in 1863 by Wilhelm Zeraua, the first chief of the ''White Flag'' clan of 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 Cape Colony, which necessitated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia
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 Kazungula, it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres (660 feet) of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi, 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. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations. The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B2 Road (Namibia)
B2 is a major road in Namibia. The highway runs east-west between the major sea port of Walvis Bay and the nation's capital Windhoek. The B2's entire route forms the first section of both the Trans-Kalahari Corridor and the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road. Route B2 begins in Walvis Bay at a roundabout intersection with C14 and heads north along the coast of the South Atlantic Ocean for about 35 kilometers to Swakopmund. The route then heads northeast & east through inland Namibia for 291 kilometers where it ends at an intersection with B1 near Okahandja. The route passes through the Namib-Naukluft National Park and the Namib Desert. Major towns along the route are Arandis, Usakos, and Karibib , nickname = , settlement_type = Town , motto = , image_skyline =Karibib aerial view.jpg , imagesize =300 , image_caption =Karibib aerial view 2017 , image_flag = , .... {{Highways of Nami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C33 Road (Namibia)
C33 or C-33 may refer to: Vehicles ;Aircraft * Beechcraft C33 Debonair, an American civil utility aircraft * Boeing C-33, a proposed American military transport * Caspar C 33, a German trainer * Caudron C.33, a French passenger biplane * Douglas C-33, an American military transport ;Automobiles * Nissan Laurel C33, a Japanese sedan * Sauber C33, a Swiss Formula One car ;Ships * , a C-class submarine of the Royal Navy Other uses * Autopista C-33, a highway in Catalonia, Spain * C33 road (Namibia) * Caldwell 33, a supernova remnant * Head and neck cancer * King's Gambit Accepted, a chess opening * C.3.3., the pseudonym used by Oscar Wilde to publish his poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C35 Road (Namibia)
C35 is a secondary route in Namibia that runs from C34 in Henties Bay, up to the Angolan-Namibian border in Ruacana. The C34 is intersected by the C36 at Uis, the C39 at Khorixas Khorixas is a town of 6,000 inhabitants in southern Kunene Region, Namibia. It was the capital of the Damaraland bantustan before Namibia's independence. It is the administrative capital of Khorixas Constituency. Most of the inhabitants are fro ..., and the C40 at Kamanjab. It has been described as one of Namibia's "most desolate roads". References {{Highways of Namibia Roads in Namibia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
