Grootfontein, Namibia

E835849
town

Grootfontein, Namibia is a small town in northern Namibia known historically as a mining and agricultural center and as the birthplace of model Behati Prinsloo.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Grootfontein 2
Grootfontein, Namibia canonical 1
linked to Grootfontein 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
birthPlaceOf Behati Prinsloo NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Namibia ⓘ
distanceToWindhoek approximately 450 km ⓘ
economicActivity livestock trade ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ
transport services ⓘ
elevation approximately 1470 m ⓘ
formerCountry German South West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
South West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerName Grossfontein NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy German colonial authorities ⓘ
governingBody Grootfontein Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Grootfontein Secondary School NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neudamm Agricultural College campus (historical association) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum Grootfontein Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransport Grootfontein Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
railway connection to Otavi ⓘ
railway connection to Tsumeb ⓘ
historicalUse military base ⓘ
mining town ⓘ
knownFor agriculture ⓘ
cattle farming ⓘ
copper mining ⓘ
lead mining ⓘ
maize production ⓘ
mining ⓘ
vanadium mining ⓘ
languageMajority Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
Khoekhoegowab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Otjiherero NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Otjozondjupa Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Namibia ⓘ
nameMeaning large spring in Afrikaans ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Hoba meteorite NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyAttractionDistance about 20 km ⓘ
nearbyCity Otavi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsumeb NERFINISHED ⓘ
population around 20,000 (approximate, early 21st century) ⓘ
regionCapitalOf Grootfontein Constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ
roadConnection B8 national road NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Behati Prinsloo → placeOfBirth → Grootfontein, Namibia ⓘ
Tsumeb → roadConnection → Grootfontein, Namibia ⓘ
this entity surface form: linked to Grootfontein
Von Lindequist Gate → connectsTo → Grootfontein, Namibia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grootfontein
Otjozondjupa Region → containsSettlement → Grootfontein, Namibia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grootfontein