Olukonda
Olukonda is a settlement in the Oshikoto Region in the north of Namibia. It is the district capital of the Olukonda electoral constituency. During colonial time of German South West Africa the missionary station and settlement was known as the Capital of the North.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oniipa and Ondangwa.
Oniipa
Town
Oniipa is a town in the Oshikoto Region of northern Namibia and the district capital of the Oniipa electoral constituency. It lies just outside Ondangwa. It had 23,913 inhabitants in 2018. Oniipa is situated 8 km north of Olukonda.
Ondangwa
Town
Photo: Oshilumbu5, Public domain.
Ondangwa is a town in the Oshana Region of northern Namibia, bordering the Oshikoto Region. It had a population of 30,364 people in 2023. Ondangwa was first established as a mission station of the Finnish Missionary Society in 1890. Ondangwa is situated 10 km northwest of Olukonda.
Olukonda
- Type: Hamlet with 14,300 residents
- Description: human settlement in Namibia
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Oshikoto Region, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-17.98252° or 17° 58′ 57″ southLongitude
16.02251° or 16° 1′ 21″ eastPopulation
14,300Elevation
1,102 metres (3,615 feet)Open location code
5FJR228F+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 7270675963OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3354598Wikidata ID
Q1654926
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Zulu—“Olukonda” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Olukonda”
- Basque: “Olukonda”
- Catalan: “Olukonda”
- Danish: “Olukonda”
- Dutch: “Olukonda”
- Estonian: “Olukonda”
- Finnish: “Olukonda”
- French: “Olukonda”
- Fulah: “Olukonda”
- German: “Olukonda”
- Hebrew: “אולוקונדה”
- Inari Sami: “Olukonda”
- Irish: “Olukonda”
- Italian: “Olukonda”
- Kalo Finnish Romani: “Olukonda”
- Lule Sami: “Olukonda”
- Northern Sami: “Olukonda”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Olukonda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olukonda”
- Pite Sami: “Olukonda”
- Polish: “Olukonda”
- Portuguese: “Olukonda”
- Romanian: “Olukonda”
- Russian: “Олуконда”
- Skolt Sami: “Olukonda”
- Southern Sami: “Olukonda”
- Spanish: “Olukonda”
- Swedish: “Olukonda”
- Tornedalen Finnish: “Olukonda”
- Ume Sami: “Olukonda”
- Zulu: “Olukonda”
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