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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.
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.
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
Namibia (/ n ə ˈ m ɪ b i ə / ⓘ [17] [18]), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa.Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, approximating a quadripoint, Zimbabwe lies less than 200 metres (660 feet) away along the Zambezi River ...
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 ...
Large-sized port and major port of Namibia. [1] Port of Lüderitz: ǁKaras Region: Lüderitz: Medium-sized port. It is developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island. The maximum draught of the port is 7.9 meters. [2] Port of Swakopmund: Erongo Region: Swakopmund
The Swakop River, along with its main tributary Khan, is one of the largest temporary water-bearing rivers in the dry western part of Namibia. It is 460 km (290 mi) long and has a 30,100 km 2 (11,600 sq mi) large catchment area (including its tributaries). [3] The name comes from the Khoekhoe phrase Tsoa-xaub, from tsoa 'anus‘ and xaub ...