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Karasburg
ǀNomsoros Kalkfontein | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Karasburg Location in Namibia | |
| Coordinates: 28°1′S 18°45′E / 28.017°S 18.750°E | |
| Country |  Namibia |
| Region | ǁKaras Region |
| Constituency | Karasburg Constituency |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ernest Willem Anderson[1] |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,401 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Climate | BWh |
Karasburg (Khoekhoe: ǀNomsoros, old name Afrikaans: Kalkfontein, literally "carst spring"[3]) is a town[4] with 4,000 inhabitants in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia and the district capital of the Karasburg electoral constituency. It lies at the heart of the southern Namibian sheep farming industry.
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- ^ Titus, Hildegard (22 January 2016). "Quaint Karasburg". The Namibian. The Weekender supplement. p. 7.
- ^ Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine