Karasburg

local community

Karasburg

Kalkfontein (historical)

Details

Details

Center of Karasburg

motto

Vooruitgang deur volha (r) ding
(progress through perseverance)

Basic data

Population
Area
Population Density

4,300 (2011 census)
39.9 km²
107.9 inhabitants / km²

State
Region
Constituency

Namibia
ǁKaras
Karasburg-Ost

Establishment date

circa 1840

License plate
phone code

KA
63

Website

Political data

Mayor : Caroline Arendse ( SWAPO )

Chief Executive Officer :

Last election: 2015

Next election: 2020

City administration address:

Geographical data

Geographic coordinates : 28 ° 1'2 "S, 18 ° 44'51" E

Altitude : 520 m Annual maximum temperature: 48 ° C Annual minimum temperature: −4 ° C

Karasburg (until 1939 Kalkfontein ) is a municipality and district town of the Karasburg-Ost constituency in the region in southern Namibia , not far from the border with South Africa .

Karasburg has about 4300 inhabitants and an area of 39.9 km².

The Karas Mountains are north of Karasburg . The district is a breeding area for Karakul sheep , and there are game farms to visit.

history

Karasburg was founded as a settlement by the Bondelswart , in 1898 the area was bought by the British and in 1909 by the Germans, the latter also built a train station for the Lüderitz railway (with a connection to Upington ) here. During the First World War , the railway line driven by South Africa crossed the border of what was then German South West Africa here . Since then Karasburg has been a rail border crossing point. It was not until 1929 that Karasburg became a village; a parish on October 15, 1947 .

Infrastructure

Karasburg has various educational and clinical facilities, a gas station open 24 hours a day, a car repair shop, a hotel, various fast-food restaurants , a bank branch and the Karasburg airport . Karasburg is the current terminus of the Windhoek – Nakop railway line .

The place has a soccer stadium, the home of the Namibian first division club Young Brazilians .

Local politics

The following official final result was determined in the 2015 local elections .

Political party	be right	Share of votes	Seats
SWAPO	586	65.6%	5
DTA	204	22.8%	2
RDP	045	05.0%	0
DPN	036	04.0%	0
RP	022nd	02.5%	0
All in all	893	100%	7th

Finances

In the reporting period 2009/2010 the municipality of Karasburg recorded income of 9,726,249 Namibia dollars , which is offset by expenses of N $ 9,881,831. This results in a deficit of N $ 155,582.