Name: Mariental
Namibia
Mariental is a town in south-central Namibia, lying on the B1 road and the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Keetmanshoop. It lies at an elevation of 3,576 feet (1,090 metres) and is situated 145 miles (232 km) north of Keetmanshoop and 170 miles (274 km) southeast of Windhoek, the national capital.
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Named by local Rhenish (German Lutheran) missionaries, The town was founded in 1912 as a railway stop between Windhoek and Keetmanshoop and named after Maria, the wife of the first colonial settler of the area, Herman Brandt. It was proclaimed a town in 1920 and a municipality in 1946.
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
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