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Grootfontein in Namibia NAMIBIE namibia. grootfontein Informations and links Grootfontein Map Grootfontein Photos Grootfontein ------------------------------- Grootfontein lies on the B8, a Namibian National Road that leads from Windhoek to the Caprivi Strip in the north-eastern part of Namibia. The town lies in the Otavi triangle and in Afrikaans its name means "Big Spring". (There is indeed a large hot spring near the town). In 1885, 40 boer families from the north-west of South Africa settled here. They were part of a group known as the Dorstland Trekkers and were heading towards Angola to settle there but when that territory fell under Portuguese control, they turned back and established the "Republic Upingtonia" at Grootfontein. Ten years later, mining operations started in the Otavi region (see article on "Tsumeb") and the Germans took control and established a military base as a gate to the Caprivi Strip. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that was soon named Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Independence came in 1990 following multi-party elections and the establishment of a constitution. President NUJOMA is currently serving his third term as president..
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