Hentiesbaai

Henties Bay is a coastal town in the Erongo Region of western Namibia. It is positioned 70 km north of Swakopmund and is an crucial vacation agreement. 70 kilometres to the north of the town is the seal colony of Cape Cross. The town has about 8,000 inhabitants 10,000 for the duration of the vacation season and owns 121 rectangular kilometres of land. The mayor of Henties Bay is Aila Haufiku. Bartolomeu Dias sailed along the Atlantic coast in 1488. Near the area of trendy Henties Bay he discovered such an abundance of fish that he named this shoreline Praia das Sardinhas, Coast of Fish. The fresh water supply became first found via Schutztruppe soldiers in 1886. In 1920, a minerals prospector stayed overnight.

After tasting the water he changed into said to be healed from an anguish. The namesake of the town is major Hendrik "Henty" Stefanus van der Merwe who discovered the area in 1929 at the same time as looking for water. He had been hunting a rhinoceros in the arid hinterland of the Namibian coast close to the Brandberg so that it will accumulate a reward from a museum in Pennsylvania that become on the lookout for a rhino skeleton.