Drimiopsis is a village in the

Omaheke Region Omaheke (the Otjiherero word for sandveld) is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, the least populous region. Its capital is Gobabis. It lies in eastern Namibia on the border with Botswana and is the western extension of the Kalahari Desert ...

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, about 40 km north of

Gobabis Gobabis (, ) is a town in eastern Namibia. It is the regional capital of the Omaheke Region, and the district capital of the Gobabis electoral constituency. Gobabis is in the heart of the cattle farming area. It had a population of 33,418 peop ...

. The local population includes mainly San,

Khoekhoe Khoikhoi ( /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/ ''KOY-koy'') (or Khoekhoe in Namibian orthography) are the traditionally nomadic pastoralist indigenous population of South Africa. They are often grouped with the hunter-gatherer San (literally "foragers") peop ...

-speakers,

Herero Herero may refer to: * Herero people, a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members alive today * Herero language, a language of the Bantu family (Niger-Congo group) * Herero and Nama genocide * Herero chat, a species of bird ...

, and

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The town features two schools, Drimiopsis Primary School and Mokganedi Tlhabanello High School, serving 489 and 590 pupils respectively in 2008. In 2012, the high school had 453 students. Drimiopsis lies on the C22 regional road which runs from

Aranos Aranos is a town in the Hardap Region of central Namibia, situated in the Nossob River basin in the Kalahari Desert. The town had 5,493 inhabitants in 2023. The main economic activity is farming. The place normally receives an annual average rainf ...

through Gobabis south to

Otjiwarongo Otjiwarongo (Herero language, Herero for "beautiful place") is a city of 49,000 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Otjiwarongo Constituency, Otjiwarongo electoral constituency and also the capital ...

, where it ends at the intersection with the B1 road.

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(en) Spain contributes to food security in Drimiopsis resettlement
''Republikein'', October 24, 2014. URL accessed 3 February 2016.
(af) (en) Foto's van plaasgrafte by Drimiopsis
(Pictures of farm graves in Drimiopsis). URL accessed 3 February 2016.
Drimiopsis schools without power, water
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The Namibian ''The Namibian'' is the largest daily newspaper in Namibia. It is published in English and Oshiwambo. History The newspaper was established in 1985 by journalist Gwen Lister as a weekly newspaper reliant on support of donors, which aimed to ...

'', September 30, 2008. URL accessed on 3 February 2016. Populated places in the Omaheke Region {{Namibia-geo-stub