Otjiwarongo lies on the B1, some 50 kilometres west of the Waterberg massif and 250 km north of Windhoek. The Herero, who once settled here, named it "Place of the Fat Cows", and still today some of the biggest cattle breeding enterprises are situated in the Otjiwarongo area. Due to the relatively high rainfall - in the context of Namibia - pastureland is good and the soil is fertile. Otjiwarongo is the main for the surrounding farms.
The town, with 12 000 inhabitants, looks relatively green, prosperous and neat. There are supermarkets, banks, hotels, restaurants and a popular beergarden. In front of the station you can see the old steam engine No. 41, built in 1912 by the Henschel company in Kassel, Germany. It used to run on the railway line from Swakopmund to Otavi.
Photo top: Main Road through Otjiwarongo. Right: Lion in the Okonjati Wildlife Sanctuary. Top left: Cath. Church. Below: Crokodile farm. Bottom left: Old Henschel Lokomotive at the station. 
