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| Walvis Bay in Namibia |
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| On the 8th of December 1487, Bartolomeu Dias discovered the bay and named it "Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceicae", later the Portuguese traders referred to the bay as "Bahia des Baleas" (bay of whales), now known as Walvis Bay. Britain annexed Walvis Bay on 12 | |  |
| March 1878 and appointed Maj. D Erskine as its first magistrate. In 1880 W.C. Palgrave succeeded Maj. D. Erskine.
Walvis Bay, which owes its birth to its harbour potentential, acquired its first jetty (616 feet long) in 1898. When the Germans developed Swakopmund, which had a railway line to the interior, as a harbour for German South-West Africa, the harbour activities in Walvis Bay declined. Walvis Bay developed as the major port for South West-Africa, after the railway line from Swakopmund was built in 1915. The building of a new harbour in 1927 and the development of industries contributed to Walvis Bay's development into a modern city especially after the 2nd World War. Administratively Walvis Bay became part of the Union of South Africa in 1910, who administrated it until 1922 when it was placed under the control of the Administration of South-West Africa. Walvis Bay was governed by a town management board from 1925 and acquired municipal status in 1931. It was governed by the magistrate of Swakopmund from 1940 to 1948 after which it was governed by a City Council. After Namibia's independence on 21 March 1990, the enclave of Walvis Bay, Namibia's only deep sea port, was incorporated into Namibia on 1 March 1994. |
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| Distances to and from Walvis Bay in kilometres | | |||
| Aranos - 785 Aus - 700 Bethanie - 710 Goageb - 735 Gobabis - 595 Grootfontein - 690 Grünau - 1030 Henties Bay - 100 Kalkfeld - 335 Kalkrand - 575 |
Kamanjab - 445 Karasburg - 1080 Karibib - 205 Keetmanshoop - 815 Lüderitz - 940 Maltahöhe - 450 Mariental - 650 Nakop - 1205 Namutoni - 690 Noordoewer - 1175 |
Okahandja - 320 Okaukuejo - 595 Omaruru - 265 Ondangwa - 830 Otavi - 520 Otjiwarongo - 405 Oshikango - 980 Outjo - 475 Rehoboth - 475 Ruacana - 715 |
Rundu - 945 Stampriet - 705 Swakopmund - 30 Tsumeb - 675 Uis - 220 Usakos - 205 Velloorsdrif - 1155 Warmbad - 1090 Wilhelmstal - 285 Windhoek - 390 | |
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