Haixom

The Haiǁom are a San people associated with Etosha Pan and the country to its south. Around Etosha they distinguish an open spring, called an ǀaub, from a tsaub, a well that must be dug open and tended. Settlements stood near permanent waterholes; after rain, seasonal pans and hollows in rocks or trees provided other places to drink. Water in narrow tree hollows could be drawn up with a reed straw.

The later city of Otjiwarongo lies here.