Oshakati is a town in northern Namibia and the regional capital of the Oshana Region, one of the country's largest cities both by population and as an economic center. It had a population of 58,656 people in 2023.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Oshakati - Wikipedia
Lead section
It had a population of 58,656 people in 2023.
Infobox, coordinates, latitude
17.78361°S 15.69944°E
Infobox, coordinates, longitude
17.78361°S 15.69944°E
Infobox, area
Total 56.3 km2 (21.7 sq mi)
Lead section
Oshakati was founded in July 1966 and proclaimed a town in 1992.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. Oshakati (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1074 m
3. GeoNames: Oshakati - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3354021
-17.78833 15.70436 P PPLA NA 37 43309 1103 Africa/Windhoek
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1103 m
View the Source 4. 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 -17.75, 15.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -17.75, 15.75
-17.75 15.75 BSh
Wikidata: Oshakati
Wikidata Q985622, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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