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Map showing location of Walvis Bay and reference to South Africa before the handover to Namibia Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reached Cape Cross , north of the bay, in 1485. [ 11 ] There followed Bartolomeu Dias , who anchored his flagship São Cristóvão in what is now Walvis Bay on 8 December 1487, on his expedition to discover a sea route ...
Port/Harbour name Region Town name Coordinates Remarks Port of Walvis Bay: Erongo Region: Walvis Bay: Large-sized port and major port of Namibia. [1]Port of Lüderitz
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]
Erongo is one of the 14 regions of Namibia. The capital is Swakopmund. It is named after Mount Erongo, a well-known landmark in Namibia and in this area. Erongo contains the municipalities of Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Henties Bay and Omaruru, as well as the towns Arandis, Karibib and Usakos. All the main centres within this region are connected ...
Total Population (Namibia 2023 Census) [10] Region Arandis: Arandis: 13,545 Erongo Region. Dâures: until 1998 Brandberg Constituency [11] Uis [12] 14,601 Karibib: Karibib: 19,705 Omaruru: Omaruru: 13,322 Swakopmund: Swakopmund: 75,921 Walvis Bay Rural: created 1998 from a split of Walvis Bay Constituency [11] Walvis Bay: 51,497 Walvis Bay Urban
The B2 near Walvis Bay. B2 is a major road in Namibia.The highway runs east–west between the major sea port of Walvis Bay and the nation's capital Windhoek.. The B2's entire route forms the first section of both the Trans-Kalahari Corridor and the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road.
In 1998 following the first graduation of the Namibian Navy Pioneer officers in Brazil, the site, north of the port of Walvis Bay identified as a potential Naval Base. After the ministry of Defence bought the piece of land, construction then started of the facility in 2002.
Located about 80 km south of Walvis Bay, the area is within the Erongo Region.The bay opens to the north and is about 4.2 km long and 4 km wide. There is a shallow lagoon lying south of the bay, separated from it by an area of beach ridges and swales with saltpans.