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Swakopmund ("Mouth of the Swakop") is a city on the coast of western Namibia, [2] 352 km (219 mi) west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road.It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district.
Swakopmund constituency (red) in the Erongo Region. Swakopmund constituency is a constituency in the Erongo Region of Namibia. The constituency had a population of 44,725 in 2011, up from 26,310 in 2001. It covers 196.3 square kilometres (75.8 sq mi) of land. [1] Its district capital is the city of Swakopmund.
In the first years after independence of Namibia in 1990, the Swakopmund council changed many of the original German and Afrikaans street names to honor former and current Namibian leaders. The move met the resistance of inhabitants who collected the old street name plaques to display them on their private properties, and painted the old street ...
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
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.
Swakopmund tracking station is a Chinese space tracking station in Swakopmund, Namibia, South-West Africa which is used for the Chinese manned space programme. The full name of the station, according to the Namibian Ministry of Education, is China Telemetry, Tracking and Command Station. [2]
Pages in category "Swakopmund" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. ... C28 road (Namibia) D. Democratic Resettlement Community; F.
Swakopmund was the starting point of the first state railway line in German South West Africa. The railway station was built in 1901, as a terminal on the Imperial Germany's colonial Kaiserliche Eisenbahn line connecting Swakopmund with the capital Windhoek. [2] The station was designed by Willi Sander, who also later designed Swakopmund ...