Where is Maltahöhe, Hardap located?

Maltahöhe is located in Hardap, Namibia, at approximate coordinates -24.8420°, 16.9854°.

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Maltahöhe

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Maltahöhe

Coordinates-24.84°, 16.99°

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Overview

Maltahöhe is a village in southern central Namibia close to the Swartrand escarpment, about 110 km west of Mariental in the Hardap Region. It owns about 17,000 hectares of land and had 3,464 inhabitants in 2023. Maltahöhe is the administrative centre of Daweb Constituency.

History & geography

History

Maltahöhe was established in 1899 by Henning von Burgsdorff, previously an officer in the German Schutztruppe, the military force of the Imperial German occupation. Burgsdorff named the place after his wife Malta (1860-1947). After the end of the German colonial era in South West Africa the settlement became a small hub for tourism, serving as gateway to popular destinations like the Sossusvlei, Solitaire, Sesriem, and Duwisib Castle. The Maltahöhe Hotel was founded in 1907 and is the oldest country hotel in Namibia.

Geography

Maltahöhe has two suburbs, the Andreville location and the Blikkiesdorp (literally ) informal settlement which has neither sewerage nor electricity supply.

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