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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Swakopmund Swakopmund ~1903 28 m masonry tower ... Swakopmund Lighthouse. Pelican Point Lighthouse. Dias Point Lighthouse.
Swakopmund is a popular beach resort and characterized by 19th century German colonial architecture. The city was founded in 1892 as the main harbour for German South West Africa . Buildings in the city include the Altes Gefängnis , a prison designed by Heinrich Bause in 1909.
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Walvis Bay, fully incorporated into the Erongo Region in 1994, is the principal home of Namibia's fishing industry. Walvis Bay also boasts the only deep sea port and is the second largest town in the country. Swakopmund and Langstrand are popular beach resorts; Arandis supports mining industry and Swakopmund boasts manufacturing.
The first shop was established during that time. A lighthouse was erected to guide ships along the dangerous Namibian coast. In the 1960s mining holes were dug after diamonds had been found in the area on a few occasions. A few years later mining was abandoned due to lack of success.
Swakopmund constituency (red) in the Erongo Region. Swakopmund constituency is a constituency in the Erongo Region of Namibia. The constituency had a population of 44,725 in 2011, up from 26,310 in 2001. It covers 196.3 square kilometres (75.8 sq mi) of land. [1] Its district capital is the city of Swakopmund.
Swakopmund was the starting point of the first state railway line in German South West Africa. The railway station was built in 1901, as a terminal on the Imperial Germany's colonial Kaiserliche Eisenbahn line connecting Swakopmund with the capital Windhoek. [2] The station was designed by Willi Sander, who also later designed Swakopmund ...
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