Editing Grootfontein (section)

{{short description|City in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia}}
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|name                   = Grootfontein
|other_name             =
|native_name            = {{small|{{langx|hz|Otjivanda}}}}
|nickname               = 
|settlement_type        = [[List of cities and towns in Namibia|City]]
|motto                  = Fons Vitæ
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|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = {{flag|Namibia}}
|subdivision_type1      = [[Regions of Namibia|Region]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Otjozondjupa Region]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Constituencies of Namibia|Constituency]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Grootfontein constituency]]
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|government_footnotes   =
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|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = Haimene<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.namibian.com.na/117519/archive-read/Four-towns--re-elect-mayors
|title=Four towns re-elect mayors
|date=9 December 2013
|work=[[The Namibian]]
|publisher=[[NAMPA]]
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024191602/https://www.namibian.com.na/117519/archive-read/Four-towns--re-elect-mayors
|archive-date=2021-10-24
}}</ref>
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|established_title      =  Established<!-- Settled -->
|established_date       = 1885
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|area_total_km2           = 61.7 
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|population_as_of               = 2023
|population_footnotes           = <ref name=nsa>{{cite web | title=Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011) | url=http://cms.my.na/assets/documents/p19dmn58guram30ttun89rdrp1.pdf | work=Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report | publisher=Namibia Statistics Agency | access-date=24 August 2016 | page=39}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nsa.nsa.org.na/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Preliminary-Report-doc-fn.pdf |title=2023 Population & Housing Census Preliminary  Report|website=Statistics Namibia| df=dmy }}</ref>
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|population_total               = 26,839
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|blank_name_sec1        = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
|blank_info_sec1        = [[Semi-arid climate#Hot semi-arid climates|BSh]]
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|area_code              = 067
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|website                = http://www.grootfonteinmun.com.na/
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}}

'''Grootfontein''' ({{langx|en|great spring}}, named after the nearby [[hot springs]]) is a city<ref name="ALANlist">{{cite web
|url=http://www.alan.org.na/?q=localauthorities/list
|title=Local Authorities
|publisher=Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN)
|access-date=1 October 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610203011/http://www.alan.org.na/?q=localauthorities%2Flist
|archive-date=10 June 2013
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> with 26,839 inhabitants in the [[Otjozondjupa Region]] of central [[Namibia]]. It is one of the three towns in the Otavi Triangle, situated on the [[B8 road (Namibia)|B8 national road]] that leads from [[Otavi]] to the [[Caprivi Strip]].