Kunene
Kunene is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Opuwo, its governor is Marius Sheya. The region's name comes from the Kunene River which forms the northern border with Angola.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Twyfelfontein
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Twyfelfontein is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of ancient rock engravings in the Kunene region of north-western Namibia.
Opuwo
Opuwo is the main town of the Kaokoland area, and the capital of the wider Kunene region, in north-western Namibia.
Epupa Falls
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Epupa Falls is in Kaokoland in the remote north of the Kunene Region of northwestern Namibia.
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Outjo
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Outjo is a town of 6,000 inhabitants in the Kunene Region of Namibia.
Khorixas
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Khorixas is a town of about 6,800 inhabitants in Kunene in Namibia.
Kaokoland
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Kaokoland is an area in the NW corner of Namibia's Kunene Region.
Kunene
- Type: region of Namibia with 88,300 residents
- Description: region of Namibia
- Neighbors: Erongo and Otjozondjupa
- Location: Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude of centre
-19.4167° or 19° 25' southLongitude of centre
13.75° or 13° 45' eastPopulation
88,300Elevation
841 metres (2,759 feet)GeoNames ID
3371202Wikidata ID
Q834513Kunene Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Kunene
- Arabic: اقليم كونيني
- Armenian: Կունենե
- Bengali: কুনেনে অঞ্চল
- Bulgarian: Кунене
- Catalan: Cunene
- Cebuano: Kunene
- Chinese: Kunene Chiu
- Chinese: 库内内区
- Chinese: 庫內內區
- Croatian: Kunene
- Danish: Kunene Region
- Dutch: Kunene
- English: Kunene Region
- Esperanto: Kaokolandio
- Esperanto: Kunene
- Esperanto: Regiono Kunene
- Esperanto: regiono Kunene
- Estonian: Kunene ringkond
- Faroese: Kunene
- Finnish: Kunene
- French: Kunene
- Galician: Kunene
- Galician: Rexión de Kunene
- Georgian: კუნენეს რეგიონი
- German: Kunene
- German: NA-KU
- Greek: Κουνένε
- Gujarati: કુનેન પ્રદેશ
- Hebrew: קוננה
- Hindi: कुनेने प्रदेश
- Ido: Regiono Kunene
- Indonesian: Wilayah Kunene
- Italian: regione del Kunene
- Japanese: クネネ州
- Kannada: ಕುನೆನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
- Korean: 쿠네네주
- Latvian: Kunenes reģions
- Lithuanian: Kunenės regionas
- Luxembourgish: Kunene
- Malay: Kunene Region
- Marathi: कुनेने प्रदेश
- Min Nan Chinese: Kunene Chiu
- Northern Frisian: Kunene
- Norwegian: Kunene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kunene
- Persian: منطقه کوننه
- Polish: Kunene
- Portuguese: Kunene
- Russian: Кунене
- Sinhala: කුයිනි පළාත
- Spanish: Kaokolandia
- Spanish: Kunene
- Spanish: Región de Kunene
- Swahili: Mkoa wa Kunene
- Swedish: Kunene
- Tamil: குணேனே பகுதி
- Telugu: కునెని ప్రాంతం
- Thai: เขตคูเนเน่
- Turkish: Kunene
- Ukrainian: Кунене
- Urdu: کونینے ریجن
- Urdu: کونینے علاقہ
- Vietnamese: Khu vực Kunene
- Western Frisian: Kunene (regio)
- Western Frisian: Kunene
- Western Panjabi: صوبہ کنونے
- Wu Chinese: 库内内区
- Zulu: Kunene Region
- Region Kunene
- Regione del Kunene
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Kunene. Photo: Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0.