ǁKaras
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| Basic data | ||||
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| Regional capital | Keetmanshoop | |||
| Biggest town | Luderitz | |||
| motto | - | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | NA-KA | |||
| website | www.karasrc.gov.na | |||
| Map of the region | ||||
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| Inhabitants and geography | ||||
| population | 85,759 (2016) | |||
| Population density | 0.53 per km² | |||
| languages | Afrikaans , German , English , Khoekhoegowab | |||
| Geographic coordinates | 26 ° 34 ′ S , 18 ° 8 ′ E | |||
| surface | 161,324 km² | |||
| The highest point | 2,202 m ( Schroffenstein ) | |||
| Politics and administration | ||||
| Ruling party | SWAPO | |||
| Governor / in | Aletta Fredericks | |||
| Distribution of seats in the regional council | SWAPO 7 | |||
| Constituencies | 7th | |||
| Last choice | 2015 | |||
| Next choice | 2020 | |||
ǁKaras or ǁKharas ( Khoekhoegowab for quiver tree ), until August 8, 2013 Karas , is the southernmost, in terms of area the largest and one of the most sparsely populated of the 14 regions of Namibia . The regional capital is Keetmanshoop .
Name of the region
The region was called Karas until August 8, 2013 , when it was renamed to the apparently correctly spelled name ! Karas on the basis of a proposal by the Delimitation Commission of Namibia and was published in the official journal. Since this spelling was incorrect according to the Khoekhoegowab- speaking Nama , the name was later changed to ǁKaras , also spelled // Karas without special characters . This spelling also caused a stir, as the correct spelling would have to be ǁKharas , without special characters then written accordingly // Kharas . Without the h , the word has no meaning in the Khoekhoegowab. Among other things, the official website of the region uses the spelling without h (as of June 2020). In official documents (as of 2018 and 2019) // Karas or // Kharas is used inconsistently as spelling.
geography
→ See also: Geography of Namibia
The ǁKaras region extends over the entire south of Namibia and is part of the three predominant landscapes of Namibia. In the west, ǁKaras borders the Atlantic Ocean , the adjoining coastal strip is essentially occupied by the diamond restricted area. The wide plains and plateaus of the desert-like restricted area are divided by isolated mountains and mountain groups such as the Dikwillem and the Klinghardtberge . ǁKaras also include most of the penguin islands , small islands off the coast. To the east of the restricted area, mountain ranges of the Great Edge step connect to the coastal strip. In particular, the Tiras Mountains and the Hunsberge form large-scale mountain landscapes. The Fish River Canyon within the Hunsberge is the second largest canyon on earth and a national monument in Namibia . The eastern half of this region is determined by the inner-African basin landscape of Southern Africa , where ǁKaras has a share of the Kalahari desert on its eastern border . Exceptions are individual mountains or island mountains such as the Brukkaros . The southeast of ǁKaras is determined by the mountainous landscape of the Great Karas Mountains with the Schroffenstein , the highest point in the region.
The Orange River forms a natural border with the Republic of South Africa over the entire southern border . ǁKaras has an extraordinary geology , as evidenced by the extensive diamond and mineral mining in Oranjemund and Rosh Pinah as well as the hot springs of Warmbad and ǀAi-ǀAis .
population
According to the 2011 census , 36.1 percent of the population in the region speak Afrikaans as their main language. It is followed by Oshivambo with 27.3 percent and Khoekhoegowab with 23.5 percent. 0.2 percent of the population use German as their main language.
Regional policy
In the 2015 regional council elections , SWAPO was able to win all seven regional council seats. In the by-election in early 2020, the Landless People's Movement (LPM) won a seat.
Administrative division
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ǁKaras is divided into a total of seven constituencies :
The following local administrations can also be found in the region (as of June 2018):
- Ariamsvlei - settlement
- Off - settlement
- Aroab - village
- Berseba - village
- Bethanie - village
- Grünau - settlement
- Karasburg - municipality
- Keetmanshoop - parish
- Koës - village
- Kosis - settlement
- Lüderitz - city
- Noordoewer - settlement
- Tses - village
- Oranjemund - city
- Warmbad - settlement
economy
ǁKaras has a well-developed infrastructure and a mixed economic structure. The port of Lüderitz is the center of a fishing and boat building industry, Oranjemund is the center of diamond mining and the inland counties mostly have healthy, small-scale agriculture. Aussenkehr in the south and the Naute-Damm area are important growing areas for table grapes . Date palms are also grown on the Naute Dam .
There are smaller airports in Karasburg , Keetmanshoop , Lüderitz and Oranjemund , with Keetmanshoop also being centrally located in the Namibian road network. The national roads B1 , B3 and B4 run through ǁKaras . It is planned to expand the Lüderitzbahn between Lüderitz and Keetmanshoop, especially for improved freight traffic. The Windhoek – Keetmanshoop railway is connected to the South African Spoornet network via Karasburg and Upington .
tourism
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Other attractions in the area include the Fish River Canyon , the ghost town Kolmanskop , the coastal town of Lüderitz , the Tsau-ǁKhaeb- (restricted area) -Nationalpark , the quiver tree forest and the desert horses at Garub .
annotation
- ↑ Note: This article contains characters from the alphabet of the Khoisan languages spoken in southern Africa . The display contains characters of the click letters ǀ , ǁ , ǂ and ǃ . For more information on the pronunciation of long or nasal vowels or certain clicks , see e.g. B. under Khoekhoegowab .
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Statistics profile from Karas 2011; ( Memento from September 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Namibia Statistics Agency , February 2014 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Namibia Inter-censal Demographic Survey 2016 Report. Namibia Statistics Agency, November 21, 2017.
- ^ Media Briefing at State House by President Pohamba. Namibia Press Agency (Nampa), August 8, 2013
- ^ Government Gazette. Republic of Namibia, # 5261, August 9, 2013.
- ^ New Regions and Constituencies of Namibia Map. The Namibian, August 9, 2013 ( memento of August 9, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) accessed on August 9, 2013
- ↑ // Karas Region spelling a hot potato. The Namibian, September 25, 2013.
- ^ Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. 2018, No. 6646, p. 2.
- ^ Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. 2019, No. 7035, p. 2.
- ↑ 2011 Population and Housing Census Regional Profile, Karas Region. Namibia Statistics Agency, p. 42f. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ^ Village Councilors. ǁKaras Regional Council. Retrieved June 1, 2018.