Walvis Bay
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Walvis Bay , municipality (1991 pop. 12,100), W central Namibia, on Walvis Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. Walvis Bay is Namibia's most important port and the terminus of a railroad from the hinterland. Fishing fleets are stationed there, and the town has fish canneries. Salt is harvested. The Walvis Bay and its surrounding region were annexed by Great Britain in 1878 and incorporated into the Cape Colony. When South West Africa (now Namibia) was annexed (1884) by Germany, Walvis Bay became a British exclave administered by the Cape Colony. It was administered by South West Africa from 1922 until 1978 when South Africa regained control. The Walvis Bay exclave, c.430 sq mi (1,110 sq km), was retained by South Africa upon Namibia's independence (1990). In 1994 the exclave was relinquished and Namibia gained its only deepwater port and established a free-trade zone there. Walvis Bay is home to a large population of flamingos and is an internationally designated wetland and a migration point for many thousands of sea birds and waders, including Arctic terns, which make a 9,000-mi (14,500-km) journey from Siberia to feed there. It is also known as Walfisch Bay and Walvisbaai.
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Walvis Bay aims for top.(Country Profile: Namibia)(includes related article on the Walvis Bay Export Processing Zone Management Co.)(port)
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Walvis Bay Corridor Group--desert pioneers: the Walvis Bay Corridor Group is an ambitious project that links several transport and logistics systems in southern and central Africa all eventually converging on the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia. Tom Nevin describes the system.(Special Report)
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Walvis Bay -- Maputo highway opens.
African Business; 5/1/1998; NDIVANGA, CHRIS; 659 words
; The leaders of Botswana and Namibia recently met at a common point between their two countries to witness an event which is expected to give trade a huge boost in the sub-region: the opening of the Trans-Kalahari highway. The Trans-Kalahari highway links Walvis bay, Namibia's port on the Atlantic
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Walvis Bay - Maputo highway opens.
African Business; 5/1/1998; Ndivanga, Chris; 658 words
; The leaders of Botswana and Namibia recently met at a common point between their two countries to witness an event which is expected to give trade a huge boost in the subregion: the opening of the Trans-Kalahari highway. The Trans-Kalahari highway links Walvis bay, Namibia's port on the Atlantic
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Walvis Bay Again Part of Namibia
Chicago Sun-Times; 3/1/1994; 287 words
; WALVIS BAY, Namibia Namibia won control of the port enclave of Walvis Bay from South Africa on Tuesday in a ceremony that President Sam Nujoma said finally closed the book on colonialism in his country. Residents of the black township of Kuisebmond danced and sang in the darkened streets after the
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Container ship stolen from Walvis Bay harbour.(News)
The Mercury (South Africa); 7/21/2006; 342 words
; BYLINE: Tabby Moyo WINDHOEK: A South African container ship, Umfolozi, which had been docked at Walvis Bay since September last year after a collision with another SA-registered vessel, the dredger Ingwenya, has been stolen from the Namibian harbour. The Namibian Ports Authority (NamPort) confirmed
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Chinese arms ship heading for Walvis Bay.(News)
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; ... Joel Kaapanda had not responded to messages about the application at the time of going to press. Interviewed on One Africa TV News last night, Kaapanda said he did not know anything about the ship. He said if it docked at Walvis Bay, the Namibian government ...
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Chinese arms ship aiming to dock at Walvis Bay today.(News)
Pretoria News (South Africa); 4/22/2008; 649 words
; ... permission to refuel, but the Namibian government might give it permission to offload its cargo. Interviewed on One Africa TV News last night, Namibian Information Minister Joel Kaapanda said he didn't know anything about the ship. He said if it docked at ...
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Namibia to issue three stamps to celebrate islands in Walvis Bay. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 2/24/1994; Sama, Dominic; 355 words
; Namibia, formerly South-West Africa, will issue three commemoratives Tuesday to herald the transfer to its jurisdiction of a group of offshore islands in Walvis Bay. The stamps depict a quay at Walvis Bay harbor, 35 cents; an aerial view of the bay, 65 cents, and a map of the Walvis Bay enclave and
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Moureen's legacy is alive in Walvis Bay.
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