Osire
Osire is a refugee camp in central Namibia, situated 200 km north of the capital Windhoek next to the main road C30 from Gobabis to Otjiwarongo. It was established in 1992 to accommodate refugees from Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Somalia.- Farm
- …lies at an elevation of 1,346 metres (4,416 feet)
- Description: Refugee camp in Namibia
- Also known as“Osire Süd”“Osiri Süd”
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Latitude
-21.01915° or 21° 1′ 9″ south
Longitude
17.36696° or 17° 22′ 1″ east
Open location code
5FCVX9J8+8Q
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Zulu—“Osire” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Osire”
- Fulah: “Osire”
- German: “Flüchtlingslager Osire”
- Irish: “Osire”
- Zulu: “Osire”
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