Sonneblom ( af, sunflower) is a settlement in the remote East of

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 ...

in the Omaheke Region, situated from the regional capital

Gobabis , nickname = , settlement_type = City , motto = Ex Oriente Lux , image_skyline = Gobabis Namibia aerial.jpg , imagesize = 300px , imag ...

. It belongs to the Otjombinde electoral constituency in the Kalahari Desert, near hunting grounds of the

San people The San peoples (also Saan), or Bushmen, are members of various Khoe, Tuu, or Kxʼa-speaking indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures that are the first cultures of Southern Africa, and whose territories span Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, ...

, who moved here long before the village was established. They still form the majority population of Donkerbos. ''Donkerbos Primary School'' serves 200 learners of both Sonneblom and the neighboring hamlet of

Donkerbos Donkerbos ( af, dark bush) is a settlement in the remote East of Namibia in the Omaheke Region, situated from the regional capital Gobabis. It belongs to the Otjombinde Constituency, Otjombinde electoral constituency in the Kalahari Desert, ne ...

Development and infrastructure

Sonneblom is outside the coverage of all mobile communication networks. It does not have electricity or landline telephone service and is not connected to Namibia's water and sewerage system. School and village share one borehole. The access road off D1692 is a bumpy sand track only accessible by

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References

Populated places in the Omaheke Region {{Namibia-geo-stub