Ondangwa is a town in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia, near the border with Angola along the B1 road. It began as a mission station of the Finnish Missionary Society in 1890 and became a local seat of government in 1914, later serving as an administrative center under British and then South African control. Its 2023 population was 30,364. Ondangwa today functions as a transit hub and district capital, known locally by the motto Your gateway to the North and beyond.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude17.920833 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Ondangwa (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 30,364 (2023)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -17.920833, longitude 15.954167
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1080 m
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 30364 (2023)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Ondangwa - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3354247
-17.90824 15.98037 P PPL NA 37 27049 1081 Africa/Windhoek
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1081 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 -17.75, 15.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -17.75, 15.75
-17.75 15.75 BSh
Wikidata: Ondangwa
Wikidata Q2023773, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Ondangwa (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.