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Swakopmund

Southern Africa

Swakopmund is a city on the coast of western Namibia, 352 kilometers west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road. It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district and has 25,047 inhabitants.

Facts
Population
75,921 1
Founding Year
1892 1
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Elevation (m)
6 2
Latitude
22.683 degrees south 1
Longitude
14.533 degrees east 1
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. Swakopmund - Wikipedia
  • History section, introduction
    It had 75,921 inhabitants in 2023.
  • History section, introduction, year
    It had 75,921 inhabitants in 2023.
  • Infobox, coordinates, latitude
    22.683°S 14.533°E
  • Infobox, coordinates, longitude
    22.683°S 14.533°E
  • Opening paragraph
    The city was founded in 1892 as the main harbour for German South West Africa.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Swakopmund (Wikidata)
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
Quote, P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 6 m
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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 -22.75, 14.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -22.75, 14.75
-22.75 14.75 BWk
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4. GeoNames: Swakopmund - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3352844
Quote, cities500 record 3352844
-22.67842 14.52663 P PPLA NA 29 7931907 53009 18 Africa/Windhoek
Wikidata: Swakopmund
Wikidata Q59698, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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