Fransfontein

Fransfontein () is a settlement in the Kunene Region of Namibia. It had 533 inhabitants in 2011. In 2007 Fransfontein was proclaimed a settlement with an area of .

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Place details

Locality: Fransfontein
Region: Kunene Region
Country: Namibia
Population: 655
Timezone: Africa/Windhoek

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Settlement.name: Fransfontein
Settlement.settlement_type: Settlement
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Namibia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Namibia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Kunene Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Constituency
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Khorixas
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_total: 533
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.timezone: CAT
Settlement.utc_offset: +2

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: Namibia
Located in: Khorixas Constituency
Population: 533
Area: 2.44566
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Dialing code: 67
Licence plate code: KH

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inception: 1880-00-00

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Fransfontein () is a settlement in the Kunene Region of Namibia. It had 533 inhabitants in 2011. In 2007 Fransfontein was proclaimed a settlement with an area of .

Fransfontein belongs to the Khorixas electoral constituency. It is the hometown of former Deputy-Prime Minister of Namibia Libertina Amathila.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fransfontein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.