Editing Karibib (section)

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|subdivision_name2      = [[Karibib Constituency]]
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|leader_title           = Mayor
|leader_name            = Dawid Iipinge<ref name=mayor>{{cite news
|url=http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=7078&page_type=story_detail&category_id=1
|title=Four towns re-elect mayors
|date=9 December 2013
|work=[[The Namibian]]
|publisher=[[NAMPA]]
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[[File:Karibib Christuskirche 1963-11-02.jpg|thumb|Christ Church, erected 1909/10]]
'''Karibib''' ({{langx|hz|Otjandjomboimwe}}) is a town in the [[Erongo Region]] of western [[Namibia]]. It has 8,434 inhabitants. Karibib is the district capital of the [[Karibib Constituency|Karibib electoral constituency]]. It is situated on the [[Khan River]], halfway between [[Windhoek]] and [[Swakopmund]] on the [[B2 road (Namibia)|B2]] (Trans-Kalahari Highway), the main road between [[Walvis Bay]] and [[Johannesburg]]. The town is known for its [[aragonite]] [[marble]] [[quarry|quarries]] and the [[Navachab Gold Mine]].