Southern Africa
Namibia
ǁKaras

Karasburg

ǁKaras is a region in southern . This area is rich in gem quality diamonds and has restricted access, so you can only enter the area as part of an organized tour. There are several ghost towns to explore.
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  • Type: Town with 6,000 residents
  • Description: city in Namibia
  • Also known as: “Kalkfontein South”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karabsburg Railway Station and Karasburg Airport.

Railway station
Karasburg railway station is a railway station serving the town of Karasburg in . It is part of the TransNamib Railway, and is located along the to line that connects Namibia with .

Aerodrome
is an airport serving the town of Karasburg in ǁKaras Region, . The runways are 1 kilometre southwest of the town.

Karasburg

Latitude
-28.0132° or 28° 0′ 48″ south
Longitude
18.74866° or 18° 44′ 55″ east
Population
6,000
Elevation
1,002 metres (3,287 feet)
IATA airport code
KAS
United Nations Location Code
NA KAS
Open location code
5F3WXPPX+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 243653372
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3356343
Wiki­data ID
Q1003328
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Karasburg” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Karasburg”
  • Arabic: “كارازبورغ”
  • Asturian: “Karasburg”
  • Belarusian: “Карасбург”
  • Bulgarian: “Карасбург”
  • Cebuano: “Karasburg”
  • Chinese: “卡拉斯堡”
  • Dutch: “Karasburg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كارازبورج”
  • Estonian: “Karasburg”
  • Finnish: “Karasburg”
  • French: “Karasburg”
  • German: “Kalkfontein”
  • German: “Karasburg”
  • Italian: “Kalkfontain”
  • Italian: “Karasburg”
  • Japanese: “カラスバーク”
  • Japanese: “カラスバーグ”
  • Polish: “Karasburg”
  • Portuguese: “Karasburg”
  • Romanian: “Karasburg, Namibia”
  • Romanian: “Karasburg”
  • Russian: “Карасбург”
  • Scots: “Karasburg”
  • Spanish: “Karasburg”
  • Swedish: “Karasburg”
  • Zulu: “Karasburg”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Karasburg Police Station and Karasburg Town Council.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Karasburg”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.