Talk:Walvis Bay

Walvis Bay SouthAfrican?
Is it sure that "Walvis Bay" is integrated into Nambia in 1994? AmiGlobe 2002 and 1998 show it as South African

enclave??


 * The Walvis Bay City Council site says "In 1994, Walvis Bay was re-integrated into Namibia after being a part of South Africa’s former Cape Province for many years." I'd be up for believing the Walvis bay City Council before something called AmiGlobe.  --Roisterer 03:19, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * OK, you are right, in Encarta 2004 it is too showed as regular part of Namibia. I only doubt the year... it is too back in time for the AmiGlobe maker to omitt it and show the pre-1994 situation in the 1998-version of the atlas (it is mostly based on CIA WorldFactbook data)... maybe Walvis Bay rejoined Namibia in 1998, not 1994?
 * Maybe AmiGlobe is wrong. --Golbez 09:18, Nov 14, 2004 (UTC)

I am certain it's 1994 PZFUN 16:05, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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What company is this, AmiGlobe, that somebody believes in it like Jesus Christ ?
 * Anon, AmiGlobe is a shareware geography program located at . It started out on Amiga and ended up on Windows. The data shows Walvis Bay as part of Namibia, but the maps show Namibia show it as a part of South Africa. - Thanks, Hoshie | 07:27, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

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 * Hi, South Africa held onto Walvis Bay even though Namibia had recently gained independence until the negotiations for a new South Africa were well underway..

Gregorydavid 07:17, 11 May 2006 (UTC) PS The reasons for that are a long story..

I know I'm being really pedantic but since Walvis Bay was founded before Namibia it can't really be said to have been 'returned'. There was no Namibia at the time it was first occupied.

External Link to Street Map of Walvis Bay
I would like to add an external link to a street map of Walvis Bay,  Are there any objections? Keith Irwin 14:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Nelson Mandela wasn't elected president until April 94 so the phrase "newly-installed" seems wrong assuming the date of Feb 2004 is right. It's true that everyone knew he was going to be president though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.212.36.188 (talk) 21:55, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

article improvement
This article is heavily skewed to the history and political status of Walvis Bay. There is no mention of many of the other topics mentioned in other city articles, such as government, population statistics (other than a mention in an infobox), etc. User F203 (talk) 15:02, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Absolutely right. Unfortunately, there seems to be currently no Wikipedian from, or with much interest in, Walvis Bay. --Pgallert (talk) 13:20, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Tourism centre and population
According to the latest census WB's population was closer to 63000 and Walvis Bay is not a tourist centre. It is a functional industrial hub and although the town has virtually no redeeming touristic features, the lagoon area and activities there are of interest. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.182.156.215 (talk) 19:52, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Chinese naval base

 * http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=20409&page_type=story_detail&category_id=1
 * http://www.channelafrica.co.za/sabc/home/channelafrica/multimedia/details?id=03101cec-0bc5-48cf-8f2c-e9836b477476&title=African%20Dialogue#.VHXSU5zKJFs.twitter
 * http://allafrica.com/stories/201411200944.html

Worth noting? Hcobb (talk) 14:18, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

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Redirect for São Cristóvão
In line 1 of the History Section, it mentions a reference to Bartolomeu Dias and his flagship the São Cristóvão. However, when clicking on the link to redirect to the page on São Cristóvão, it redirects to a page about the municipality São Cristóvão in Brazil, instead of the one about Bartolomeu's ship. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bob the Second37 (talk • contribs) 20:12, 18 December 2021 (UTC)