Rosh Pinah is a mining town located in southern Namibia, close to the border with South Africa. West of the town lies Diamond Area 1, the main diamond mining area of Namibia. Rosh Pinah belongs to the Oranjemund electoral constituency. The town is connected via road to Aus.
The Israeli-sounding name of this remote mining village was bestowed by a German Jew, Moses Eli Kahan, who discovered copper here after WWI. With the drop in copper prices in the 1930s, the mining was abandoned, but in the late 1960s, the mining indefatigable Moses, now in this 80s, discovered veins of lead-zinc in the mountains. A South African zinc-mining firm still extracts up to 75,000 tones of ore annually at Skorpion Mine. There is Amica Guest House as accommodation option in town and you can camp outside of town. To get to Rosh Pinah, take the C13 from Aus or tackle the rough but scenic 150 km Orange River road route from Noordoewer.
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| Hotels | Pensions | B&Bs | Lodges | Camping & others | |||
| Luderitz | General map | - | - | - | Amica Guest House | - | Westair Wings Charters (Flights to Rosh Pinah) |
| Noordoewer | Regions | - | - | - | - | - | Felix Unite Orange River canoe adventures |
| Aus | - | - | - | - | - | - | Car rental |
| Oranjemund | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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