Elim Constituency

Elim is a constituency in the administrative Omusati Region, in the north-east of the Republic of Namibia.Elim bordered to the north and west to the neighbouring constituencies Okalongo and Oshikuku and in the east to the Oshana Region. The county has a total of 15,210 inhabitants, Height: 1091m. The capital of the circle is the same village of Elim. There are a number of villages in the constituency, some being: Onashiku, Iiyale, Iino, Olupumbu, Iiyanguti, Olupembana, Ondangwa, Onegali, Onamega, etc.

Elim has meaning, but was formerly an important site of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. By the earlier flowering of Elim has good infrastructure. These include a clinic, church, constituency head office, community hall, mobile antenna, its own water supply, several shebeens, a 'China shop', a small grocery store and some schools, such as the Naango Junior Primary School, Elim Senior Primary and Ashipala Senior Secondary School. Coinciding with the collection of pensions is held once a month instead of a market. There is one main gravel road which cuts through Elim joining Oshikuku (on the Uutapi Main Road from Oshakati) to Ondalaye-ya-Elim (Okahao Main Road from Oshakati).

Vegetation: Formerly forested (Mopane, Makalani palms and others), now used mostly agricultural grassland

Also in Namibia, but in the south of the country there is a dune named Elim.

"Elim or Elim (Bible) - Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary trees, (Ex. 15:27; Num. 33:9), the name of the second station where the Israelites encamped after crossing the Red Sea. It had "twelve wells of water and threescore and ten palm trees." It has been identified with the Wady Ghurundel, the most noted of the four wadies which descend from the range of et-Tih towards the sea. Here they probably remained some considerable time. The form of expression in Ex. 16:1 seems to imply that the people proceeded in detachments or companies from Elim, and only for the first time were assembled as a complete host when they reached the wilderness of Sin (q.v.)."