Hoachanas | |
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Settlement | |
Coordinates: 23°55′S 18°3′E / 23.917°S 18.050°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Hardap Region |
Constituency | Mariental Rural Constituency |
Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 3,000 |
Time zone | UTC+2 (South African Standard Time) |
Hoachanas (Khoekhoe: ǃHoaxaǃnâs) is a settlement of 3,000 inhabitants in the Hardap Region of southern central Namibia, located 55 kilometres (34 mi) northeast of Kalkrand.[2] It is situated at the junction of the main road C21 from Kalkrand, and C15 from Dordabis to Stampriet and belongs to the Mariental Rural electoral constituency.[1]
Inhabited since at least 1695, Hoachanas is the main settlement of the Khaiǁkhaun (Red Nation), the largest and most important of the subtribes of the Nama people.[3] All chiefs of the Red Nation had their main residence at this settlement. Hoachanas is also the home of Markus Kooper, reverend, educator and anti-apartheid activist.[4]
Hoachanas has a Combined School from Pre- Primary to Grade 11 that is named after the first principal of the school Piet Jan Tsai-Tsaib.[2]
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