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Place details
- Locality
- Opuwo
- Region
- Kunene Region
- Country
- Namibia
- Population
- 9,075
- Timezone
- Africa/Windhoek
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Opuwo
- Settlement.other_name
- Ohopoho
- Settlement.native_name
- Otjihinamaparero
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Opuwo, Kunene Region, Namibia (aerial view - 19 05 2005).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- aerial view of Opuwo
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Namibia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- 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
- Opuwo
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 9.89
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023 census
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Namibia
- Located in
- Kunene Region
- Population
- 12331
- Elevation
- 1300
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- Kunene Region
- Official website
- www.opuwo.org
- Image
- Opuwo, Kunene Region, Namibia (aerial view - 19 05 2005).jpg
- Dialing code
- 65
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- Commons category
- Opuwo
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Economy and infrastructure
- Politics
- Electoral history
- History
- Etymology
- Colonial administration
- Culture
- References
- External links
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Opuwo is the capital of the Kunene Region in north-western Namibia. The town is situated about 720 km north-northwest of the capital Windhoek, and has a population of around 12,300 (2023). It is the commercial hub of the Kunene Region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Opuwo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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