Kalkfeld

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Kalkfeld is a settlement in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It is situated halfway between Omaruru and Otjiwarongo on the regional road C33 and belongs to the Otjiwarongo electoral constituency.

The place normally receives an annual average rainfall of 346 mm, although in the 2010/2011 rainy season 858 mm were measured.{{cite news |url=http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2011/may/article/rainy-season-was-one-for-the-record-books/ |title=Rainy season was one for the record books |last=Menges |first=Werner |date=26 May 2011 |newspaper=The Namibian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215044804/http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2011/may/article/rainy-season-was-one-for-the-record-books/ |archivedate=15 December 2011 }} Due to its location in former Damaraland, the majority of the inhabitants speak Khoekhoegowab or Otjiherero.

Economy and infrastructure

Kalkfeld was proclaimed a village in 1991 and governed by its own village council until 1996. It was then downgraded to settlement due to a lack of growth. The Namibian national newspaper referred to the settlement as "ghost town", situated in "the middle of nowhere". Since the downgrading living standards have further deteriorated. Of the 5,000 inhabitants () less than 100 are employed. The settlement is also affected by water and electricity shortages.{{Cite news | title=Kalkveld cries for development | last=Nashuuta | first=Lahia | newspaper=New Era | date=12 November 2024 | url=https://neweralive.na/kalkveld-cries-for-development/}}

Construction of a business complex and a tourist centre started in 2012{{Cite news | title=Ghost town complex cost doubles | last=Mongudhi | first=Tileni | newspaper=The Namibian | date=3 July 2014 |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/ghost-town-complex-cost-doubles/ | archive-date=14 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714173606/http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=14806&page_type=story_detail&category_id=1 | url-status=live}} but the construction never finished, and the buildings lay dormant as a result. Only the fuel station and a shop were opened in 2019.

Kalkfeld has a Police station and a clinic. It is served by a station of the Namibia Railway Network. Local residents often make use of donkey carts to get from point to point.

Education

There is one primary school, Kalkfeld Primary School in the location, and one secondary school, G.K. Wahl Combined School downtown, with only one class per grade as there are not a lot of children in the town.

Tourism

23 km east of Kalkfeld lies Otjihaenamparero, a farm where 170-million-year-old dinosaur footprints can be seen.

References

References

  2. "Otjiwarongo Constituency". [[Government of Namibia]].
  3. (18 October 2012). "Kalkfeld business park under construction". [[The Namibian]].
  4. (8 November 2019). "Inactive Kalkfeld business park expands". [[Nampa]].
  5. Murphy, Alan. (2007). "Southern Africa".

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