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Swakopmund quickly became the main port for imports and exports for the whole territory and was one of six towns which received municipal status in 1909. Many governmental departments for German South West Africa had offices in Swakopmund. During the Herero Wars, a concentration camp for Herero people was operated in town.
The vast majority of White Namibians live in major cities and towns in central or southern Namibia. Windhoek has by far the largest White population, and Whites are a majority in the coastal city of Swakopmund. Other coastal cities, such as Walvis Bay and Lüderitz, also have large White communities. In general, most of Namibia south of ...
German family in Keetmanshoop, 1926. Today, English is the country's sole official language, but about 30,000 Namibians of German descent (around 2% of the country's overall population) and possibly 15,000 black Namibians (many of whom returned from East Germany after Namibian independence) still speak German or Namibian Black German, respectively. [1]
With an overall area of 49,768 km 2 (19,216 sq mi), the Namib-Naukluft National Park was at the time of its last expansion the largest game park in Africa and the fourth largest in the world. [1] It consists of a strip of land on the Atlantic Ocean, including 1,609 kilometres (1,000 mi) of sea, that extends roughly 600 kilometres (370 mi) north ...
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.
West Coast FM: Broadcasting on 107.7 FM in Swakopmund and 106.9 FM in Walvis Bay. The only station in the Erongo Region broadcasting live, 24/7 from Swakopmund. Self-described as "Adult contemporary with a touch of local."
South Africa v New Zealand LIVE: Rugby result and reaction after Springboks thrash All Blacks. Harry Latham-Coyle. August 25, 2023 at 5:21 PM ... Team News – New Zealand. 18:34, Harry Latham-Coyle.
The German Allgemeine Zeitung, published since 1916 and the oldest German daily in Africa, [5] was bought by the publishing house John Meinert in 1934, which in turn was sold to NMH in 1991. The Namibian Sun , a weekly newspaper established in 2007 and a daily since 2010, is a tabloid launched to "attract young readers".