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Luderitz

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Lüderitz 

a city and port in Namibia (South West Africa), on the Atlantic coast. Population, 7,700 (1968). A railroad connects Lüderitz with Windhoek, the administrative center of Namibia, and with the Republic of South Africa. Lüderitz is the center of a diamond-mining region. Fish are caught and canned and small ships are built there.



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Kolmanskop, Namibia Before you enter this abandoned mining town in the Namib desert, you'll need to stop in nearby Luderitz for a permit -- a holdover from the days when Kolmanskop was a free-for-all for diamond hunters.
A separate project could see Botswana's Morepule Colliery linked to the Aranos reserves in Namibia by another new railway for export via a new coal terminal at Shearwater Bay in Namibia, about 30km south of the existing port of Luderitz.
 
 
 
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