Ondjiva, formerly Vila Pereira d'Eca, is a town in the far south of Angola, in Cunene Province, about 26 miles from the Namibian border, and serves as the provincial capital. It was traditionally the seat of the Ovambo king of the Oukwanyama and had a commune population of 187,914 in the 2014 census. The town was largely destroyed during the Angolan Civil War, falling to fewer than 5,000 residents by 1999, and has been rebuilt since 2002.
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude17.066667 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Ondjiva (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 121,537 (2014)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -17.066667, longitude 15.733333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1098 m
P2046 (area)
area 2100.0 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 121537 (2014)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Ondjiva - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3346821
-17.06667 15.73333 P PPLA AO 07 121537 1113 Africa/Luanda
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1113 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -17.25, 15.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -17.25, 15.75
-17.25 15.75 BSh
Ondjiva (Wikipedia)
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Ondjiva, formerly Vila Pereira d'Eça, is a town, with a population of 121,537 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Cuanhama, province of Cunene, Angola.
- In Group: Cities of Middle Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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