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Kolmanskop (Afrikaans for "Coleman's peak", German: Kolmannskuppe) is a ghost town in the Namib in southern Namibia, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) inland from the port town of Lüderitz. It was named after a transport driver named Johnny Coleman who, during a sand storm, abandoned his ox wagon on a small incline opposite the settlement. [ 1 ]
The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages from being colonised in the late nineteenth century to Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990. From 1884, Namibia was a German colony: German South West Africa. After the First World War, the League of Nations gave South Africa a mandate to administer the territory.
Hendrik Witbooi (c.1830 – 29 October 1905) [1] was a chief of the ǀKhowesin people, a sub-tribe of the Khoikhoi. He led the Nama people during their revolts against the German colonial empire in present-day Namibia, in connection with the events surrounding the Herero and Namaqua Genocide. He was killed in action on 29 October 1905.
Education in Namibia is compulsory until the year a learner turns 18. [1] There are approximately 1900 schools in Namibia [2] of which 100 are privately owned. [3] Namibian subjects' syllabi are based on the International General Certificate of Secondary Education and Advanced Subsidiary Level which is part of Cambridge International.
Bloukrans Primary School, Dordabis, Khomas Region [10] Bukalo Primary School, Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region [10] Bunya Combined School, Bunya, Kavango West. Brandberg Primary School, Uis. As of 2017. [update] the school had 279 pupils. [11] Braunfels Agricultural High School, Outjo Constituency, Kunene Region.
Solitaire, Namibia. Solitaire is a small settlement in the Khomas Region of central Namibia near the Namib-Naukluft National Park. It currently features the only gasoline station, bakery, cafe, and the only general dealer between the dunes at Sossusvlei and the coast at Walvis Bay, as well as on the road to the capital Windhoek.
Cardboard box. Corrugated shipping container, one type of cardboard box. Cardboard boxes are industrially prefabricated boxes, primarily used for packaging goods and materials. Specialists in industry seldom use the term cardboard because it does not denote a specific material. [1][2] The term cardboard may refer to a variety of heavy paper ...
Corrugated box design is the process of matching design factors for corrugated fiberboard (sometimes called corrugated cardboard) or corrugated plastic boxes with the functional physical, processing and end-use requirements. Packaging engineers work to meet the performance requirements of a box while controlling total costs throughout the system.