Karasburg
Karasburg
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Karasburg (
Geography
There are three main routes that lead into Karasburg. From Grünau in the west, Onseepkans in the south and the B3 national road that leads to the South African border in the east. The town lies 710-kilometre (440 mi) south of Windhoek, 862-kilometre (536 mi) north of Cape Town and 110 km west of the Ariamsvlei border post. Karasburg is the only relatively large town south of Keetmanshoop in Namibia.
Climate
Karasburg has an extreme climate most of the year with temperatures rising well over 40 degrees Celsius in summer and dropping to sub-zero in winter.[3] Low rainfall is experienced in this region (annual average rainfall: 128 millimetres (5.0 in) at the Karasburg weather station),[5] the rainy season usually arriving in early January and leaving as late as early April.
Economy
Karasburg's main industry is
Karasburg was downgraded from municipality to town status in 2010.[6] The town is riddled with unemployment as there is no industry, and the little rainfall hampers commercial farming.[3]
Politics
Karasburg is governed by a town council that has seven seats.[7]
In the
The
Wildlife
The Karasburg region hosts a variety of large to small game, ranging from
People from Karasburg
- John Walters (born 1956), Namibian ombudsman 2004–2021
- Ida Hoffmann (born 1947), politician
References
- ^ a b DPN recalls new mayor The Namibian, 8 December 2010
- ^ "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ a b c Titus, Hildegard (22 January 2016). "Quaint Karasburg". The Namibian. The Weekender supplement. p. 7.
- ^ Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Menges, Werner (26 May 2011). "Rainy season was one for the record books". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011.
- ^ Hartman, Adam (27 Aug 2010). "Town regrading a 'sad move'". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 2012-03-17.
- ^ "Know Your Local Authority". Election Watch. No. 3. Institute for Public Policy Research. 2015. p. 4.
- ^ "Local Authority Election Results for Karasburg" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ Party to discipline newly elected mayor The Namibian, 7 December 2010
- ^ "Local elections results". Electoral Commission of Namibia. 28 November 2015. p. 3. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015.
- ^ "2020 Local Authority Elections Results and Allocation of Seats" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Namibia. 29 November 2020. p. 7. Retrieved 5 December 2020.