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The centre of Lüderitz' economic activity is the port, until the incorporation of the exclave Walvis Bay in 1994 the only suitable harbour on Namibia's coast. However, the harbour at Lüderitz has a comparatively shallow rock bottom, making it unusable for many modern ships.
Duwisib Castle Museum; Geological Survey Museum; Keetmanshoop Museum; Independence Memorial Museum; National Museum of Namibia; Okahandja Military Museum; Ombalantu baobab tree; Outjo Museum; Swakopmund Museum, founded in 1951 and privately administered by the Scientific Society Swakopmund [1] Trans-Namib Railroad Museum; Tsumeb Museum
In 1881 Lüderitz established a factory at Lagos in British West Africa, but this enterprise proved unsuccessful.Still interested in setting foot in Africa, he and fellow Bremen merchant Heinrich Vogelsang (1862-1914) decided to found a German colony in South West Africa, then still unclaimed by any colonial power.
Kolmanskop was a filming location for the 1990 South African adventure film The Sandgrass People. The town was used as one of the locations in the 1993 film Dust Devil. The 2000 film The King Is Alive was filmed in Kolmanskop, with the town used as the film's main setting. [5] The town was featured in a 2010 episode of Life After People. The ...
As of 2015 Namibia has thirteen cities, each of them governed by a municipality council that has between 7 and 15 seats. Compared to towns, cities have the authority to set up facilities like public transport, housing schemes, museums, and libraries without the approval of the Minister of Urban and Rural Development.
The bay west of 'Angra Point' is known as Shearwater Bay, the location of a proposed port for the export of amongst other things, coal from Botswana. This requires the construction of the 1600 km Trans-Kalahari Railway. [3] There are two islands facing Agate Beach in the northeastern part of the bay, Penguin Island and Seal Island. [2]
Namibia accepted the convention on April 6, 2000, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, there are two World Heritage Sites in Namibia. As of 2023, there are two World Heritage Sites in Namibia.
Deutsch: Location map of Namibia Equirectangular projection. Strechted by 108.0%. Geographic limits of the map: N: -16.4° N; S: -29.6° N; W: 11.0° E; E: 25.8° E; Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com.