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It will measure wind speed, solar radiation and barometric pressure for the operation of one of the five largest hydrogen plants in the world. It includes 500 wind turbines and 40 square kilometers of solar panels. The investment equals Namibia's entire gross domestic product. [3] Lüderitz is situated on the B4 national road to Keetmanshoop.
In 2013 Namibia 's president Hifikepunye Pohamba stated that "I have accepted the [4th Delimitation] Commission's recommendation that Lüderitz Constituency be renamed ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency which was the original name of the area. This includes the current town of Lüderitz".
ǃNamiǂNûs ([ᵑǃa.mi.ᵑǂũ̀ṹs]; until 2013 Lüderitz) is an electoral constituency in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. It covers an area of 48,271 km 2 (18,638 sq mi) and contains the major town of Lüderitz, after which the constituency was originally named. In 2011, it had a population of 13,859, down from 14,542 in 2001. [1]
Lüderitz Bay (Afrikaans: Lüderitzbaai; German: Lüderitzbucht), also known as Angra Pequena (Portuguese: [ˈɐ̃ɡɾɐ pɨˈkenɐ], "small cove"), is a bay in the coast of Namibia, Africa. The city of Lüderitz is located at the edge of the bay. [2]
In 2001, the employment rate for the labor force (67% of those 15+) was 71% employed and 29% unemployed. For those 15 years old or older and not in the labor force (24%), 28% were students, 40% homemakers, and 32% retired or unable to work. [17] According to the 2012 Namibia Labour Force Survey, unemployment in the ǁKaras Region stood at 23.9%.
Several places in Namibia have been named after Adolf Lüderitz, a German merchant and colonialist: Lüderitz Airport; Lüderitz Bay, next to the town; Lüderitz railway station; ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency (formerly Lüderitz Constituency), an electoral constituency in Namibia; Naval Calling Station Luderitz
Kolmanskop (Afrikaans for "Coleman's peak", German: Kolmannskuppe) is a ghost town in the Namib in southern Namibia, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) inland from the port town of Lüderitz. It was named after a transport driver named Johnny Coleman who, during a sand storm, abandoned his ox wagon on a small incline opposite the settlement. [ 1 ]
The angel of death has descended violently among them: Concentration camps and prisoners-of-war in Namibia, 1904–08. Leiden: University of Leiden African Studies Centre. ISBN 9054480645. Erichsen, Casper, and David Olusoga. The Kaiser’s Holocaust: Germany’s Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism. Faber & Faber, 2010.