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Khorixas

Khorixas
Housing in Khorixas
Housing in Khorixas
Khorixas is located in Namibia
Khorixas
Khorixas
Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 20°22′S 14°58′E / 20.367°S 14.967°E / -20.367; 14.967
Country Namibia
RegionKunene Region
ConstituencyKhorixas Constituency
Government
 • MayorCloephas Tjunduwa
 • Town Council CEOLina #Gaeses
Population
 (2023 census)[1][2]
 • Total9,371
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
ClimateBSh
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Children in Khorixas

Khorixas is a town with about 9,000 inhabitants in the southern part of the Kunene Region, Namibia. It was the capital of the Damaraland bantustan before Namibia's independence.[3] It is the administrative capital of Khorixas Constituency. Most of the inhabitants are from the Damara ethnic group. The town is located near the Petrified Forest, Khorixas - a deposit of petrified wood and well known tourist attraction of Namibia. The Twyfelfontein valley, known for its rock art, is also accessible from Khorixas.

  • Aerial view of Khorixas (2018)
    Aerial view of Khorixas (2018)
  1. ^ "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ "2023 Population & Housing Census Preliminary Report" (PDF). Statistics Namibia.
  3. ^ Khorixas Journal; For Apartheid's Castaways, Heartbreak in Desert New York Times, July 7, 1989
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