Warmbad, Namibia
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Warmbad Aixa-aibes Nisbett Bath |
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| Settlement | |
 Warmbad
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| Coordinates: 28°27′S 18°44′E / 28.450°S 18.733°E | |
| Country |
 Namibia
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| Region | ǁKaras Region |
| Constituency | Karasburg Constituency |
| Founded | 1806 |
| Elevation | 2,333 ft (711 m) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 1,200 |
| Time zone | South African Standard Time (UTC+1) |
Warmbad (Afrikaans and German for Warm Bath, Nama: |Aixa-aibes) is a settlement located in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It is situated south of Karasburg at the Homs River, close to the border with South Africa, and belongs to the Karasburg electoral constituency.
First occupied by traders, hunters, and missionaries of different congregations, the hot springs from which the settlement's name is derived were first exploited at the beginning of the 20th century and are now being developed into a tourist attraction. Recently[update], Uranium was discovered in the area.
Climatically, Warmbad lies between the coastal desert and the Karoo. There is winter frost and very little rainfall (annual average: 96 millimetres (3.8 in)), the mean medial temperature lies between 12 and 15 degrees.
Warmbad was first named in 1760 by scout Jacobus Coetzee, the first documented European to cross the Oranje River into the South West African territory that today forms the state of Namibia. At that time it served as stop-over for traders, adventurers and large game hunters from the South African Cape Colony. In 1805 two missionaries from the London Missionary Society, Abraham and Christian Albrecht, initiated the erection of a church and a pastor's house, thereby establishing the first mission station in South West Africa in 1806. This year is assumed as the foundation of the settlement.
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