Usakos

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Usakos is a small town in central Namibia known as a railway junction and gateway to the Erongo Mountains.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Usakos canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivision Usakos Constituency ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
connectedByRailTo Swakopmund ⓘ
Walvis Bay ⓘ
Windhoek ⓘ
connectedByRoadTo Arandis ⓘ
Karibib ⓘ
Swakopmund ⓘ
Windhoek ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Namibia ⓘ
distanceToSwakopmund approximately 140 km ⓘ
distanceToWindhoek approximately 180 km ⓘ
elevation approximately 1000 m above sea level ⓘ
formerColonialPower Germany ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
formerEconomicBase mining support services ⓘ
railway services ⓘ
governingBody Usakos Town Council ⓘ
hasFeature railway station ⓘ
residential townships ⓘ
small town center ⓘ
knownAs gateway to the Erongo Mountains ⓘ
languageSpoken Afrikaans ⓘ
Damara/Nama ⓘ
linked to: Damara-Nama

English ⓘ
Oshiwambo ⓘ
locatedIn Erongo Region ⓘ
Namib Desert fringe ⓘ
central Namibia ⓘ
locatedOn Swakop River ⓘ
linked to: Hoanib River
majorRoad B2 national road ⓘ
near Arandis ⓘ
Erongo Mountains ⓘ
Karibib ⓘ
Spitzkoppe area ⓘ
populationStatus small town ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities services ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
transport-related employment ⓘ
railwayJunction true ⓘ
regionCapitalOf none ⓘ
timezone Central Africa Time ⓘ
transportRole regional transport hub ⓘ
utcOffset +2 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Erongo Mountains → near → Usakos ⓘ
Arandis → locatedBetween → Usakos ⓘ
Arandis → hasNearbyTown → Usakos ⓘ
Spitzkoppe → nearbyTown → Usakos ⓘ