Oanob Dam is a

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outside Rehoboth,

Hardap Region Hardap is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, its capital is Mariental. Hardap contains the municipality of Mariental, the towns Rehoboth and Aranos, and the self-governed villages Gibeon, Gochas, Kalkrand, Stampriet and Maltahöhe. It is ...

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. Located outside Rehoboth, it dams the Oanob River and provides the town with a majority of its water. It has a capacity of and was completed in 1990, the year of Namibia's independence.Oanob
at NamWater.com

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Dams in Namibia Rehoboth, Namibia Dams completed in 1990 Buildings and structures in Hardap Region 1990 in Namibia {{Africa-dam-stub