Karasburg

Karasburg is a metropolis of 4,000 population within the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia and the district capital of the Karasburg electoral constituency. It lies on the coronary heart of the southern Namibian sheep farming industry. Karasburg's primary industry is sheep farming, but it is also an vital truck stop for shipping automobiles streaming into Namibia from the South African border. The town helps numerous massive farms inside the place.

The metropolis additionally has its own airstrip which is used mainly for mild aircraft or as an emergency landing strip for large planes. Karasburg Railway Station became as soon as the busiest teach station in Southern Namibia and is also the last significant prevent earlier than Upington. Bondels Dam, built in 1959, lies 7-kilometre west of the city. Karasburg was downgraded from municipality to city popularity in 2010. The town is riddled with unemployment as there is no enterprise, and the little rainfall hampers industrial farming.