Ariamsvlei is a settlement of about 500 people in the

ǁKaras Region The ǁKharas Region (pronounced , with a lateral click, former name Karas Region, without the click) is the southernmost, largest, and least densely populated of the 14 regions of Namibia; its capital is Keetmanshoop. The name assigned to the r ...

of southern

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and a border post between

and

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, located east of

Karasburg Karasburg (, old name , literally "carst spring") is a town 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. Karas ...

on the national B3 road. It lies at above sea level. The border post with

lies to the east of the settlement; however, the actual border (at the

20th meridian east The meridian 20° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic and Indian oceans, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 20th meridian east ...

) lies further east along the B3, near the South African settlement of Nakop. South Africa's border post (also named Nakop) is located a further away. Ariamsvlei is an important rest stop for long-distance trucks, and a railway stop on the line between

Windhoek Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which ...

and

Upington Upington () is a town founded in 1873 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River. The town was originally called Olijvenhoutsdrift ('Olive wood drift'), due to the abundance of olive wood trees i ...

. It belongs to the Karasburg electoral constituency. The settlement has a petrol station, a shop, and a restaurant.

References

Ariamsvlei, Namibia Page
Falling Rain Genomics. Retrieved on 2008-04-21. * Villages in Namibia Namibia–South Africa border crossings Populated places in the ǁKaras Region {{Namibia-geo-stub