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Democratic Resettlement Community (DRC), a slum area of Swakopmund The Democratic Resettlement Community (DRC) is an informal settlement in Swakopmund , Erongo Region , Namibia . [ 1 ] It was founded in 2001 as a temporary resettlement community for people waiting for subsidized housing in the city and was built mostly of reclaimed garbage from ...
Swakopmund was the filming location for Mad Max: Fury Road. [27] In August 2008, filming commenced in Swakopmund on the AMC television series The Prisoner starring Jim Caviezel and Sir Ian McKellen. Swakopmund is the film location for The Village. [28] In 2002, the city appeared on The Amazing Race 2 [29] and was visited again in The Amazing ...
Walvis Bay, fully incorporated into the Erongo Region in 1994, is the principal home of Namibia's fishing industry. Walvis Bay also boasts the only deep sea port and is the second largest town in the country. Swakopmund and Langstrand are popular beach resorts; Arandis supports mining industry and Swakopmund boasts manufacturing.
In response to these concerns, in August 1906 the Germans began to transfer Nama prisoners to Shark Island, sending them by cattle-car to Swakopmund and then by sea to Lüderitz. [23] The Nama leader, Samuel Isaak, protested this, saying that their transfer to Lüderitz had not been part of the agreement under which they had surrendered to the ...
Karibib Railway Station, ca. 1920. The history of rail transport in Namibia began with a small mining rail line at Cape Cross in 1895. The first major railway project was started in 1897 when the German Colonial Authority built the 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) gauge Staatsbahn (State Railway) from Swakopmund to Windhoek.
The Swakop River flooding 20 km outside Swakopmund on 15 February 2008. Where the Swakop meets the Atlantic Ocean (2017). Poles of the old railway bridge seen in the foreground. Aerial view of Swakop River (2017). The Swakop River (Khoekhoe: Tsoaxaub) [1] is a major river in western central Namibia. Its source is in the Khomas Highland.
Panorama of the Rock Arch and Spitzkoppe in the background Panorama of Spitzkoppe and the mountains around The campsite at the foot of Spitzkoppe. The Spitzkoppe (from German for "pointed dome"; also referred to as Spitzkop, Groot Spitzkop, or the "Matterhorn of Namibia") is a group of bald granite peaks or inselbergs located between Usakos and Swakopmund in the Namib desert of Namibia.
In Windhoek, Swakopmund, Keetmanshoop, Grootfontein and Lüderitz many or most street names are German in origin, even though after 1990 many streets were renamed to honor black Namibian people, predominantly but not exclusively from the currently ruling SWAPO party. (See for example List of former Swakopmund street names).