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==History== The town was founded in 1905 by [[German South-West Africa|German colonial power]] and celebrated its 100th year of existence in 2005. The name Tsumeb is generally pronounced "SOO-meb". The name is not a derivative of [[German language|German]], [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]], or [[English language|English]]. It has been suggested that it comes from [[Khoekhoe language|Nama]] and means either "Place of the moss" or "Place of the frog". Perhaps this old name had something to do with the huge natural hill of green, oxidized copper ore that existed there before it was mined out.
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