Kolmanskop
Ghost town · Namibia
- Abandoned
- 1956
- Founded
- 1908
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- -26.704, 15.232
Why it was abandoned
⚒️ Mines & quarries
Detected automatically from the text: Once a small but very rich mining village, it is now a popular tourist destination run by Namdeb, a joint firm owned by the Namibian government and De Beers.
History
Kolmanskop is a ghost town in the Namib in southern Namibia, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) inland from the port town of Lüderitz. It was named after a transport driver named Johnny Coleman who, during a sand storm, abandoned his ox wagon on a small incline opposite the settlement. Once a small but very rich mining village, it is now a popular tourist destination run by Namdeb, a joint firm owned by the Namibian government and De Beers.