Ruacana
Ruacana is a town in the Omusati Region of northern Namibia and the district capital of the Ruacana electoral constituency. It is located on the border with Angola on the river Kunene.Photo: Pavel Špindler, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ruacana Airport.
Ruacana Airport
Aerodrome
Ruacana Airport is an airport serving Ruacana and the Ruacana hydroelectric power station in the Omusati Region of Namibia. The Ruacana non-directional beacon is on the field. Ruacana Airport is situated 2½ km northeast of Ruacana.
Ruacana
- Type: Town with 3,540 residents
- Description: city in Namibia
- Categories: city, human settlement, border city, and locality
- Location: Kunene, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-17.43908° or 17° 26′ 21″ southLongitude
14.36252° or 14° 21′ 45″ eastPopulation
3,540Elevation
1,138 metres (3,734 feet)United Nations Location Code
NA RUAOpen location code
5FJPH967+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 259587417OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Ruacana” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Ruacana”
- Asturian: “Ruacana”
- Cebuano: “Ruacana”
- Chinese: “魯阿卡納”
- Chinese: “鲁阿卡纳”
- Dutch: “Ruacana”
- Finnish: “Ruacana”
- French: “Ruacana”
- German: “Ruacana”
- Irish: “Ruacana”
- Italian: “Ruacana”
- Japanese: “ルアカナ”
- Polish: “Ruacana”
- Romanian: “Ruacana”
- Russian: “Руакана”
- Spanish: “Ruacana”
- Ukrainian: “Руакана”
- Zulu: “Ruacana”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ruacana Police Station and Ruacana Post Office.
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