Sonneblom

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Sonneblom ({{langx|af|sunflower}}) is a settlement in the remote East of Namibia in the Omaheke Region, situated {{Convert|260|km}} from the regional capital Gobabis.{{cite news

|url=http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=13563

|title=Namdeb's Social Responsibility Initiatives Hailed

|date=19 October 2006

|newspaper=New Era}}

It belongs to the Otjombinde electoral constituency in the Kalahari Desert, near hunting grounds of the San people, who moved here long before the village was established. They still form the majority population of Donkerbos.{{cite news

|title=Battling the odds at Donkerbos

|last=Tjatindi

|first=Charles

|date=11 April 2013

|page=7

|work=The Namibian}} Donkerbos Primary School serves 200 learners of both Sonneblom and the neighboring hamlet of Donkerbos.{{cite news

|title = Battling the Odds at Donkerbos

|last = Shejavali

|first = Nagula

|date = 12 June 2009

|newspaper = The Namibian

|publisher = NAMPA

|url = http://www.namibian.com.na/news-articles/national/full-story/archive/2013/april/article/battling-the-odds-at-donkerbos/

}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news

|url=http://www.az.com.na/politik/keine-sichtbaren-zeichen-von-hunger-and-quot.6512.php

|title=Keine sichtbaren Zeichen von Hunger

|trans-title=No visible signs of starvation

|language=German

|date=1 December 2003

|work=Allgemeine Zeitung}}

Development and infrastructure

Sonneblom is outside the coverage of all mobile communication networks. It does not have electricity or landline telephone service and is not connected to Namibia's water and sewerage system. School and village share one borehole. The access road off D1692 is a bumpy {{cvt|30|km}} sand track only accessible by 4x4.

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Category:Populated places in the Omaheke Region

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