Otjiwarongo

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Otjiwarongo is a town in Namibia.

Local telephone dialing code is 067.

Otjiwarongo is located at a crossroads for the railroad and for the network of roads between Windhoek, the Golden Triangle of Otavi, Tsumeb and Grootfontein, and Etosha National Park. For Namibia, it could be considered more of a bustling city. There are banks, grocery stores, gas stations as well as a range of stores for shopping.

The main interest for tourists is Otjiwarongo's proximity to the Waterberg Plateau Park and Okonjima, the home of the Africat Foundation. Closer to town is the Crocodile Ranch, one of the few captive breeding programs for the Nile Crocodile that has been registered with CITES. The ranch exports the skins, but sells the meat locally. In town is Locomotive NO 41 originally brought from Germany to haul ore between Tsumeb and the port at Swakopmund.

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