Shopping Street in the middle of swakopmund
par Martin Kneth
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Swakopmund is a city on the coast of northwestern Namibia, 280 km west of Windhoek. It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district. As a seaside resort, the weather is cooler here in December to January (Namibia's summer months) so the territorial administration moves to Swakopmund for these months. The town has 42,000 inhabitants.
Swakopmund is a beach resort and an example of German colonial architecture. It was founded in 1892 as the main harbour for German South-West Africa, and a sizable part of its population is still German-speaking today.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swakopmund
This little shopping street has a lot of craft-shops with traditional namibia and african handworks, but there are also some nice artshops.
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Welcome to Africa, AKA the motherland! Check out African Internet Radio while you're scoping the panoramas.
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In June 2001 the African Union was formed, consisting of 53 African States organized, like in the EU, around common economic and political development.
Text by Steve Smith.
