Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Map of Namibia Windhoek, Capital of Namibia Walvis Bay Swakopmund. Cities and towns in Namibia are distinguished by the status the Government of Namibia has vested in them: Places in Namibia that are governed by a municipality are cities, places with a town council are towns. [1]
The town started to decline during World War I when the diamond field slowly started to deplete. By the early 1920s, the area was in a severe decline. Hastening the town's demise was the discovery in 1928 of the richest diamond-bearing deposits ever known, on the beach terraces 270 kilometres (170 mi) south of Kolmanskop, near the Orange River.
Elizabeth Bay is a mining town on the southern coast of Namibia, 25 km (16 mi) south of Lüderitz. [1] It was formerly considered a ghost town. Diamonds were first discovered in the region around 1908. [2] However, it wasn't until 1989 that the government of Namibia spent $53 million on the exploration and creation of a new diamond mine on the ...
Namibia. Villages and settlements in Namibia are distinguished by the status the Government of Namibia has vested in them: Places in Namibia that are governed by a village council are villages, they are the smallest entities of local government. All other places except cities and towns are not self-governed, they are called settlements. [1]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1] Namibia accepted the convention on April 6, 2000, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the ...
While Utah and its popular tourist towns did plenty of heavy lifting, serving as filming locations for Yellowstone’s first three seasons, the show moved production to Montana for season 4 and ...
The older mining rights held by the Pomona Mining Company were both a blessing and a curse. The German Government of the time started protecting the area only six months after the diamond discoveries, declaring the Sperrgebiet (forbidden zone), a gigantic strip of land 100 km wide, and ranging from 45 km north of Lüderitz all the way to the Orange River. [2]
The “first national park” was born 151 years ago, on March 1, 1872, when President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act.. Yellowstone National Park is ...