Grootfontein

Grootfontein (wanda aka fi sani da "babban marmaro") birni ne mai mazauna 26,839 a Yankin Otjozondjupa da ke tsakiyar Namibia. Yana ɗaya daga cikin garuruwa uku a cikin Otavi Triangle, wanda ke kan titin ƙasa na B8 wanda ke kaiwa daga Otavi zuwa Caprivi Strip. Tarihi An san wurin ga Herero a ƙarƙashin sunan Otjivanda . A cikin 1885, iyalai 40 na Boer daga arewa maso yammacin Afirka ta Kudu sun zauna a Grootfontein . Wani ɓangare na Masu tafiya a Dorsland, suna kan hanyar zuwa Angola. Lokacin da wannan yankin ya fada ƙarƙashin ikon Portuguese, sai suka koma baya suka kafa Jamhuriyar Upingtonia a Grootfontein . An watsar da shi a shekara ta 1887, ya zama hedkwatar Kamfanin Kudu maso Yammacin Afirka a shekara ta 1893. A cikin 1908, Cocin Roman Katolika ya kafa manufa a Grootfontein a matsayin tushen nasarar da suka samu na kafa manufofi a Kavango. Tattalin arziki da ababen more rayuwa Babban tushen tattalin arziki na yankin ya kasance shekaru da yawa ma'adinan Berg Aukas da Abenab a arewa maso gabashin garin. Wadannan sun samar da zinc da vanadium amma tun daga lokacin sun rufe. Sufuri Grootfontein tashar jirgin kasa ce a kan TransNamib, hanyar jirgin ƙasa da tsarin sufuri na ƙasa. Tashar ta gaba zuwa yamma ita ce Otavi . Grootfontein kuma gida ne na babban sansanin soja na Namibia wanda ke da raka'a da yawa na Sojojin Tsaro na Afirka ta Kudu da suka tashi yanzu. Yana da filin jirgin sama wanda zai iya ɗaukar manyan masu jigilar kaya kamar Hercules C130, da kuma jirgin fasinja na kasuwanci. Aikin noma The Grootfontein Show, baje kolin noma na shekara-shekara wanda ya faru tun 1911, shine baje kolin kasuwanci na shekara-mako na biyu mafi girma a kasar, bayan Windhoek Show. Yanayin ƙasa Kamar dukkan garuruwa a cikin Otavi Triangle, Grootfontein kore ne a lokacin rani amma ya bushe a cikin hunturu. A lokacin bazara, Jacaranda da bishiyoyi masu ban sha'awa suna furewa da yawa. Garin yana da tsohuwar sansanin Schutztruppe na Jamus daga shekara ta 1896, wanda a yau yana da gidan kayan gargajiya wanda ke bayyana tarihin yankin. Namibia ƙasa ce ta dolomite kuma ajiyar carbonate a simian sassan ma'adinai sun samar da burbushin burbushin halittu masu ban sha'awa ko Pongoid waɗanda suka rayu miliyoyin shekaru kafin mutane na zamani su samo asali. Kusan kilomita ashirin da hudu a yammacin Grootfontein akwai babban dutsen Hoba. A fiye da tan 60, shine mafi girman meteorite da aka sani a Duniya, da kuma mafi girman nau'in ƙarfe da aka sani ya wanzu a saman duniya. Yanayi Grootfontein yana samun matsakaicin ruwan sama na shekara-shekara na 557 millimeters (21.9 in), tare da babban 956 millimetres (37.6 in) in) lokacin ruwan sama na 2010/2011, da kuma ƙasa da 230 millimetres (9.1 in) in) a lokacin fari na 2010 2018/19 . Garin yana da yanayin zafi mai zafi (Koppen:BSh). Siyasa Jam'iyyar SWAPO mai mulki ta Namibia ce ta lashe zaben kananan hukumomi na 2015 wanda ya sami kujeru biyar da kuri'u 2,019. Kujerar daya ta tafi ga Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA, kuri'u 546) da kuma All People's Party (APP, kuri'a 154). SWAPO ta kuma lashe zaben kananan hukumomi na 2020, inda ta samu kuri'u 1,727 kuma ta samu kujeru hudu. Jam'iyyar Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), jam'iyyar adawa da aka kafa a watan Agustan 2020, ta samu kuri'u 653 kuma ta sami kujeru biyu. Sauran kujerar ta tafi ga Popular Democratic Movement (PDM, sabon sunan DTA) tare da kuri'u 309. Ilimi A baya, makarantar Jamusanci ta Regierungsschule Grootfontein ta kasance a Grootfontein. A shekara ta 1965, tana da malamai hudu da masu koyo 117 kuma gwamnatin Jamus ta goyi bayan ta. A zamanin yau, Grootfontein gida ne ga manyan makarantu huɗu, Makarantar Sakandare ta Grootfontein, Makarantar sakandare ta Otjiwanda Friedrich Awaseb Senior Secondary School, da kuma makarantar masu zaman kansu mai suna Karstveld Academy . Bugu da ƙari makarantun firamare Luiperdheuwel, Kalenga, Makalani, Omulunga da Wilhelm Nortier suna nan. Har ila yau, birnin yana da makarantar firamare ta Jamusanci mai zaman kanta (Deutsche Privatschule Grootfontein - DPG).