Fransfontein | |
Native Name: | Frani |
Settlement Type: | Settlement |
Pushpin Map: | Namibia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Namibia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Namibia |
Subdivision Type1: | Kunene Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Kunene Region |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | 700 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Coordinates: | -20.2167°N 16°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | BWh |
Fransfontein is a small settlement in the Kunene Region, Namibia.[1] It is the hometown of former Deputy Prime Minister of Namibia - Libertina Amathila.
The settlement was founded in 1891 as a Rhenish Missionary Society mission station.[2] After the proclamations of land confiscation following the end of the Herero Wars in 1904, land in the area was set aside for the ǁKhauǀgoan (Swartbooi Nama).[2]