Keetmanshoop

Keetmanshoop

Keetmanshoop, Namibia NuGoeis, Swartmodder The Afrikaans name Swartmodder ‘Black Mud’ from swart ‘black’, adopted in 1810, had the same meaning as the original Khoikhoin name. When a German Lutheran mission station was founded here in 1866, it was named after Johann Keetman, a German industrialist who helped to establish it. The Afrikaans hoop ‘hope’ is quite common for names of mission stations.

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Keetmanshoop

Keetmanshoop , town (1991 pop. 15,032), SE Namibia. It is the trade center for a region where karakul sheep are raised. Keetmanshoop was founded in 1866 as a German missionary station.

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