Usakos
local community Usakos ǃUssaǃkos ( naq )Okanduu ( her ) |
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Usakos aerial photo (2018) | |||
motto | Excelsior (outstanding) |
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Basic data | |||
Population Area Population Density |
3583 (2011 census) 60.8 km² 59 inhabitants / km² |
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State Region Constituency |
Namibia Erongo Karibib |
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Establishment date | November 2, 1904 | ||
License plate phone code |
U 64 |
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Website | |||
Political data
Mayor : Akser Shuudeni Mwafangeyo Chief Executive Officer : {{{CEO}}} Last election: 2015 Next election: 2020 City administration address: |
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Geographical data
Geographical coordinates : 22 ° 0 '5 "S, 15 ° 35' 17" E Height : |
Usakos is a municipality in the constituency of Karibib ( Erongo region ) in Namibia with 3583 inhabitants (as of 2011). on an area of 60.8 square kilometers .
Usakos is around 150 kilometers east of Swakopmund and 210 kilometers west of Windhoek on the B2 national road not far from Karibib . The Nubebberg in the immediate south of the village as well as the Erongo Mountains around 40 kilometers to the north and the imposing 2319 meter high Hohenstein determine the surroundings. The famous Spitzkoppe is also in the vicinity .
history
At the beginning of the German colonial era in Namibia, the Herero chief Maharero sold Usakos as a farm to the Jansen brothers . In 1903 the Otavi Mines and Railway Company (OMEG) bought the land to build a train station and other farm buildings, giving Usakos a railway connection to Swakopmund and Tsumeb .
In 1914, large tourmaline deposits were discovered north of Usakos . In addition, larger tin deposits were found. After the First World War , a notable mining industry soon developed in Usakos under South African rule .
Usakos flourished as a typical mining town until the 1960s and grew into a local center of the region. From the 1960s, however, mining around Usakos increasingly lost its importance, so that the town itself also experienced an economic decline.
In particular, the continuous paving of the road connection between Windhoek and Swakopmund in 1969 marked the sinking of Usakos into economic and infrastructural insignificance, because the previously important role of the local rail connection had become obsolete.
Today Usakos acts primarily as a stopover for the heavy through traffic between the coast and the capital Windhoek as well as other cities inland. Usakos now has elementary schools, hospitals, banks as well as a post office and police station.
Educational institutions
- Elifas Goseb Primary School
- Erongosig Primary School
- Usakos Unior Secondary School
politics
The following official final result was determined in the 2015 local elections .
Political party | be right | Share of votes | Seats |
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SWAPO | 513 | 51.2% | 4th |
UDF | 297 | 29.6% | 2 |
DTA | 76 | 7.6% | 1 |
CDVP | 35 | 3.5% | 0 |
NUDO | 35 | 3.5% | 0 |
RDP | 28 | 2.8% | 0 |
COD | 18th | 1.8% | 0 |
All in all | 1002 | 100% | 7th |
Sons and daughters of the church
- Theo-Ben Gurirab (1938–2018), politician
- Alpheus ǃNaruseb (* 1954), politician
- Björn von Finckenstein (* 1958), German Namibian doctor and politician
- Barbara Kahatjipara (* 1975), international photo model and lecturer in economics
literature
- Johannes Paul : Germans, Boers and English in South West Africa. Accompanying word to a map of nationalities of Europeans in South West Africa. In: "Koloniale Rundschau" issue 9/10, 1931.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 Population and Housing Census, Erongo Regional Tables based on the 4th Delimitation. Namibia Statistics Agency, 2014, p. 41/42 ( Memento of the original dated April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Namibia 2011 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results. Namibia Statistics Agency, April 2012 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 9, 2012
- ↑ a b c d Usako's History on Tourbrief.com Accessed August 10, 2012. (English)
- ↑ Usakos on Mydestination.com ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- ↑ Local Authorities 2015. The Namibian, December 4, 2015, pp. 6ff
Coordinates: 22 ° 0 ′ S , 15 ° 35 ′ E