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Historic Sites Attractions In Karas Region

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Historic Sites Attractions In Karas Region

  • 1. Kolmanskop Ghost Town Luderitz
    Kolmanskop is a ghost town in the Namib in southern Namibia, 10 kilometres inland from the port town of Lüderitz. It was named after a transport driver named Johnny Coleman who, during a sand storm, abandoned his ox wagon on a small incline opposite the settlement. Once a small but very rich mining village, it is now a tourist destination run by the joint firm Namibia-De Beers. In 1908, the worker Zacharias Lewala found a diamond while working in this area and showed it to his supervisor, the German railway inspector August Stauch. Realizing the area was rich in diamonds, German miners began settlement, and soon after the German Empire declared a large area as a Sperrgebiet, starting to exploit the diamond field.Driven by the enormous wealth of the first diamond miners, the residents buil...
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