Omaruru

Omaruru is a town in the of central . The town has 14,000 inhabitants and encompasses 352 square kilometres of land. It is situated near Mount Erongo, on the usually dry .
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  • Type: Town with 11,500 residents
  • Description: city in Erongo Region, Namibia
  • Also known as: Omaruru, Namibia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Omaruru railway station and Franke Tower.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a railway station serving the town of Omaruru in . It is part of the TransNamib railway network. Omaruru is situated on the line, completed in 1906 during Imperial Germany's colonial rule of German South West Africa.

Omaruru

Latitude
-21.41737° or 21° 25′ 3″ south
Longitude
15.9514° or 15° 57′ 5″ east
Population
11,500
Elevation
1,211 metres (3,973 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NA OMA
Open location code
5FCQHXM2+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 258875879
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3354540
Wiki­data ID
Q1896161
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Omaruru” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Omaruru
  • Arabic: أومارورو
  • Asturian: Omaruru
  • Belarusian: Амаруру
  • Cebuano: Omaruru
  • Chinese: 奥马鲁鲁
  • Chinese: 奧馬魯魯
  • Dutch: Omaruru
  • Egyptian Arabic: اومارورو
  • Esperanto: Omaruru
  • Finnish: Omaruru
  • French: Omaruru
  • Georgian: ომარურუ
  • German: Okombahe
  • German: Omahoro
  • German: Omaruru
  • German: Otjimakuru
  • German: Otjimbojo
  • German: Otjohorongo
  • Hebrew: אומרורו
  • Italian: Omaruru
  • Japanese: オマルル
  • Polish: Omaruru
  • Portuguese: Omaruru
  • Romanian: Omaruru, Namibia
  • Romanian: Omaruru
  • Russian: Омаруру
  • Spanish: Omaruru
  • Swahili: Omaruru
  • Swedish: Omaruru
  • Zulu: Omaruru, Namibhiya

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