Khorixas
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Place details
- Locality
- Khorixas
- Region
- Kunene Region
- Country
- Namibia
- Population
- 12,021
- Timezone
- Africa/Windhoek
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- 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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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khorixas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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