Aranos

History

The original name of the settlement was Arahoab, Khoekhoe for red area. During the Herero Wars, Schutztruppe units of Imperial Germany colonial forces were stationed here since March 1908. The volume of postal services to the military led to the opening of a post office in that year. After the war, in 1911, the military office was closed again. Postal services, however, continued until the Germans lost control of the colony in 1915. To avoid confusion with the village of Aroab further south, Arahoab was renamed Aranos in the 1960s. Aranos is a portmanteau of Arahoab and Nossob River.

Most-observed species

• Southern Masked-Weaver

  Ploceus velatus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves
  11
• Laughing Dove

  Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  11
• Southern Gray-headed Sparrow

  Passer diffusus (A.Smith, 1836) · Aves
  11
• Red-headed Finch

  Amadina erythrocephala (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  10
• Scaly Weaver

  Sporopipes squamifrons (A.Smith, 1836) · Aves
  10
• Ring-necked Dove

  Streptopelia capicola (Sundevall, 1857) · Aves
  10
• Crimson-breasted Gonolek

  Laniarius atrococcineus (Burchell, 1822) · Aves
  9
• Cape Starling

  Lamprotornis nitens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  9