The first town in the east of the Namib Desert on the main B2 road from Swakopmund, Usakos lies on the southern bank of the Khan River, nestled in the last hills before the Namib, at the edge of a vast expanse of gravel plains. The town originally developed around the railway workshops which were built to service the narrow-gauge Otavi line, completed in 1906. Unit 1960, the town prospered. Nowadays the town's main role is one of service centre to vehicles plying their way to and from Swakopmund / Walvis Bay and Windhoek. As  a reminder of the town's heyday, Locomotive No. 40 stands in front of the railway station, one of three Henschel steam trains built in Germany for her colony's narrow-gauge railway.
Phone code: 064. Police: 10111.

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Related links:

• Swakopmund

• Windhoek

• Karibib

• Omaruru

• First railway lines in Namibia

Accommodation in the area:

• Khan River Lodge

• Hohenstein Lodge

• Bahnhof Hotel

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