Arandis (Khoekhoe for 'the place where people cry')[2] is a mining town in the Erongo Region of western central Namibia.

Originally a camp for workers of the nearby Rössing uranium mine, Arandis was declared a town in 1994.

[6] After an investment conference was held in 2011, investors have decided to erect a shopping mall in town.

[7] Arandis is situated on the B2 national road that connects the central Atlantic coast to Windhoek.

[9] Arandis owns 29 square kilometres (11 sq mi) of land and in 2010[update] had 7,600 inhabitants, most of whom are somehow connected to the mine.

[15] SWAPO also won the 2020 local authority election but for the first time failed to gain the majority of seats in the town council.