Khorixas

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Locality: Khorixas
Region: Kunene Region
Country: Namibia
Population: 12,021
Timezone: Africa/Windhoek

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Settlement.name: Khorixas
Settlement.image_skyline: Khorixas (2018).jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial view of Khorixas (2018)
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 Constituency
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Cloephas Tjunduwa
Settlement.leader_title1: Town Council CEO
Settlement.leader_name1: Lina ǂGaeses
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial

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Population: 9371
Elevation: 1000
Image: Khorixas housing.jpg
Dialing code: 67

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Commons category: Khorixas
P12749: 1302

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Khorixas is a town with about 9,000 inhabitants in the southern part of the Kunene Region, Namibia. It was the capital of the Damaraland bantustan before Namibia's independence. It is the administrative capital of Khorixas Constituency. Most of the inhabitants are from the Damara ethnic group. The town is located near the Petrified Forest, a deposit of petrified wood and well-known tourist attraction of Namibia. The Twyfelfontein valley, known for its rock art, is also accessible from Khorixas.

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