Abenab

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| subdivision_name1 = Otjozondjupa

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| established_date = 1921

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Abenab ({{langx|naq|climbing river}}) is a settlement in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia, situated {{Convert|32|km}} north of Grootfontein. It was founded in 1921 as a mining settlement for a nearby lead, vanadium and zinc mine. The mine closed down in 1958.{{cite book|last=Raper|first=Peter E.|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names|url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n52/mode/2up|publisher=Internet Archive|accessdate=31 October 2018|page=52|year=1987}}

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