Klein Aub is a village in the Rehoboth Rural constituency in the Hardap Region of central Namibia.[1] Situated on the junction of the unpaved roads C14 and D1290 it contains a store and two schools.
Klein Aub used to be the place of a copper mine from 1964 to 1987, also gold and silver have been found in the area. In early 2010 one of the mining tunnels collapsed, leaving a 50m deep hole.[2]
Climate edit
| Climate data for Klein Aub | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30 (86) |
29 (84) |
27 (80) |
25 (77) |
23 (73) |
20 (68) |
21 (69) |
23 (73) |
27 (80) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
31 (87) |
26 (78) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17 (62) |
16 (60) |
15 (59) |
12 (53) |
9 (48) |
6 (42) |
6 (42) |
9 (48) |
12 (53) |
14 (57) |
16 (60) |
17 (62) |
12 (53) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 79 (3.1) |
79 (3.1) |
79 (3.1) |
38 (1.5) |
7.6 (0.3) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
2.5 (0.1) |
13 (0.5) |
28 (1.1) |
41 (1.6) |
360 (14.3) |
| Source: Weatherbase [3] | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ Polling Stations 28/29 November 2009 Namibian Polling stations 2009
- ^ New Era, 2 Feb 2010 Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Panic as old mining tunnel sinks - by Catherine Sasman
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Klein Aub, Namibia". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
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