Asab

{{distinguish|Assab}}

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Asab (Nama: new (male)) is a settlement in the Hardap Region of southern Namibia. It is situated on the B1 national road about halfway between Mariental and Keetmanshoop. {{convert|23|km|abbr=on}} east of Asab is the Mukurob rock pinnacle, a tourist attraction that collapsed on 7 December 1988.{{cite book

|title=Namibia: the Bradt travel guide

|last=McIntyre

|first=Chris

|year=2007

|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides

|edition=3

|page=191

|isbn=978-1-84162-187-6

}}

Asab belongs to the Berseba electoral constituency. The settlement features a petrol station, a shop, and a small hotel,{{cite news

|title=Storm damages Asab Hotel

|last=Shigwedha

|first=Absalom

|newspaper=The Namibian

|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/index.php?id=28&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=4689&no_cache=1

|date=6 April 2004}} although none of these businesses is {{As of|2010|alt=currently}} operational, to the effect that the place has been described as a "ghost village".{{cite news

|title=Asab: spookdorp bied nie eens brandstof

|trans-title=Asab: ghost village does not even offer petrol

|language=af

|newspaper=Die Republikein

|url=http://www.republikein.com.na/politiek-en-nasionale/asab-spookdorp-bied-nie-eens-brandstof.59765.php

|date=22 November 2007}} Asab Railway Station is a stop on the TransNamib railway line from Windhoek to Keetmanshoop.

{{Convert|3|km}} outside Asab there is the community of Gründoring (literally {{langx|de|Green Thorn}}, referring to the Torchwood of the Balanites genus), with a privately built church and a now-defunct pre-primary school.{{cite news

|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/news-articles/national/full-story/archive/2013/april/article/groendoring-struggles-to-keep-up-with-eger-legacy/

|title=Groendoring struggles to keep up with Eger legacy

|last=Tjituka

|first=Martin

|date=30 April 2013

|work=The Namibian

}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

References

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Category:Populated places in the ǁKaras Region

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