Otjiwarongo

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Otjiwarongo is a town in central Namibia known as a key commercial and transport hub for the surrounding agricultural and wildlife regions.

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Label Occurrences
Otjiwarongo canonical 5

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
capitalOf Otjozondjupa Region ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
commonlySpokenLanguage Afrikaans ⓘ
Otjiherero ⓘ
linked to: Herero language
continent Africa ⓘ
coordinateLocation -20.463°S 16.647°E ⓘ
country Namibia ⓘ
distanceTo about 250 km north of Windhoek ⓘ
economicActivity agricultural trade ⓘ
cattle farming services ⓘ
tourism services ⓘ
economicRole commercial hub for surrounding agricultural areas ⓘ
transport hub for central Namibia ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 1460 metres ⓘ
formerColonialPower Germany ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Otjiwarongo Secondary School ⓘ
Paulinum Theological Seminary (nearby) ⓘ
hasHealthcareFacility Otjiwarongo State Hospital ⓘ
hasIndustry hospitality and lodging ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentType municipality ⓘ
historicalEvent developed as a railway town during German South West Africa period ⓘ
isPartOf central Namibia ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification BSh ⓘ
locatedIn Namibia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Otjozondjupa Region ⓘ
locatedOnTransportCorridor main north–south transport route in Namibia ⓘ
nameLanguage Otjiherero ⓘ
linked to: Herero language
nameMeaning place where fat cattle graze ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Cheetah Conservation Fund ⓘ
Etosha National Park ⓘ
Okonjima Nature Reserve ⓘ
Waterberg Plateau Park ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
population approximately 28,000 (around 2011) ⓘ
postalCode 9000 series (Namibia) ⓘ
railwayConnection TransNamib Railway ⓘ
roadNetworkConnection B1 national road ⓘ
C38 road ⓘ
timeZone Central Africa Time ⓘ
tourismRole gateway to northern Namibia wildlife areas ⓘ
UTCOffset +2 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode OT ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

B1 national road → connectsTo → Otjiwarongo ⓘ
Hage Geingob → placeOfBirth → Otjiwarongo ⓘ
Otjozondjupa Region → capital → Otjiwarongo ⓘ