Tsau ǁKhaeb Sperrgebiet National Park
The or just Sperrgebiet National Park, formerly known as Sperrgebiet (German language, German, meaning "Prohibited Area"; also known as Diamond Area 1), is a diamond mining area in southwestern Namibia, in the Namib Desert. It spans the Atlantic Ocean-facing coast from Oranjemund on the border with South Africa, to around north of Lüderitz, a distance of north. It extends to around inland, and its total area of makes up three percent of Namibia's land mass. However, mining only takes place in five percent of the Sperrgebiet, with most of the area acting as a buffer zone. Members of the public are banned from entering most of the area, despite the creation of a national park there in 2004. History After the first diamond was found in April 1908 by August Stauch near Grasplatz station, a diamond rush was triggered in German South West Africa. In September 1908, the German government created the Sperrgebiet in its colony in order to make its South West African enterpris ...
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