Donkerbos | |
Settlement Type: | Settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Namibia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Namibia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Namibia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Omaheke Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Constituency |
Subdivision Name2: | Otjombinde Constituency |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Timezone: | South African Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | -21.6°N 48°W |
Elevation M: | 1257 |
Donkerbos (Afrikaans: dark bush) is a settlement in the remote East of Namibia in the Omaheke Region, situated from the regional capital Gobabis.[1]
It belongs to the Otjombinde electoral constituency in the Kalahari Desert, near hunting grounds of the San people, who moved here long before the village was established. They still form the majority population of Donkerbos.[2] Donkerbos Primary School serves 200 learners of both this settlement and the neighboring hamlet of Sonneblom.[3] [4]
Donkerbos is outside the coverage of all mobile communication networks. It does not have electricity or landline telephone service and is not connected to Namibia's water and sewerage system. School and village share one borehole. The access road off D1692 is a bumpy sand track only accessible by 4x4.[2]