Karasburg

Mayor /: Caroline Arendse ( SWAPO )

Chief Executive Officer:

Last election: 2010

Next election: 2015

Address of the city administration:

Geographical Coordinates: 28 ° 1'2 " S, 18 ° 44'51 " E

Height: 520 m

Annual temperature: 48 ° C Jahrestiefsttemperatur: -04 ° C

Karasburg ( until 1939 Kalkfontein ) is a municipality and county seat of constituency Karasburg in southeastern Namibia, near the border with South Africa.

Karasburg has about 4300 inhabitants and an area of 39.9 km ².

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

History

Karasburg was founded as a settlement of the Bondelswart, 1898, the area was purchased in 1909 by the British and the Germans, the latter erected here a railway station of Lüderitz Railway (with connection to Upington ). During the First World War it crossed the railway line promoted by South Africa, the border of the then German South-West Africa. Since then Karasburg is a railway border crossing. Only in 1929 was Karasburg to a village; on 15 October 1947, a community.

Infrastructure

Karasburg has various academic and clinical facilities, 24 hours a day open gas station, an auto repair shop, a hotel, several fast food restaurants, a bank and the airfield Karasburg.

Local Politics

In the 2010 local elections the following official final result was determined.

Finances

During the 2009/2010 financial Karasburg the community has posted revenue of 9,726,249 Namibian dollar, which expenditure of N facing $ 9,881,831. This results in a deficit of N $ 155 582.

Educational institutions

  • Gabi's Primary School
  • Karasburg Pre-Primary School
  • Karasburg Primary School
  • Karasburg Secondary School
  • Lord Ville Junior Sec. School
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