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Okahandja railway station is a railway station serving the town of Okahandja in Namibia. It is part of the TransNamib Railway. Okahandja is situated on the Windhoek—Swakopmund line, built in 1902 during Imperial Germany's colonial rule of German South West Africa. In 1914 this line was extended to Walvis Bay. [1]
Okahandja is a city [3] of 45,159 inhabitants in Otjozondjupa Region, central Namibia, and the district capital of the Okahandja electoral constituency. It is known as the Garden Town of Namibia . It is located 70 km north of Windhoek on the B1 road .
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The Otavibahn was the longest 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge railway in the world at its time of construction. [12] 119 kilometres (74 mi) a 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) industrial line linking Kolmanskop with Bogenfels, completed 1913. [2] This was the only rail link in Namibia ever electrified. The rail track does not exist anymore.
Gross Barmen (German: Groß Barmen) is a historic settlement and a recreational spa on the Swakop River in central Namibia, north of Windhoek.It is situated on the District Road 1972, 25 km south-west of Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa Region.
Karibib is situated on the B2 national road (Walvis Bay–Okahandja) close to the branch-off of the C33 to Otjiwarongo.About 1,000 trucks per day pass the town. [5]Karibib is connected to the TransNamib railway network; Karibib Railway Station is situated downtown.
The B1 is a national highway of Namibia, and is the country's longest and most significant road, running the length of the country from south to north.It connects Noordoewer in the south on the South African border with Oshikango in the north on the Angolan border via Namibia's capital city Windhoek.
The C31 is a secondary route in Namibia that runs 196 kilometres (122 mi) from Okahandja via Hochfeld to Otjinene. It branches off the B1 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Okahandja and terminates at the junction with the C29 at Summerdown. [1] The B2 road can be accessed from the B1, a few miles from the C31 junction. [2]