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Kavango West

Kavango West is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital and only self-governed settlement is , its governor is Sirkka Ausiku. The Region was created in 2013 when the was split into and Kavango West.
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  • Type: State with 123,000 residents
  • Description: region of Namibia
  • Also known as: “Kavango West Region”
  • Neighbors:

Kavango West

Latitude
-18.2561° or 18° 15′ 22″ south
Longitude
18.9702° or 18° 58′ 13″ east
Population
123,000
Elevation
1,163 metres (3,816 feet)
Open location code
5FHWPXVC+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2671914045
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
8693189
Wiki­data ID
Q14824027
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Kavango West” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kawango-Wes”
  • Asturian: “Kavango Oeste”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Kavango”
  • Catalan: “Kavango occidental”
  • Cebuano: “Kavango West Region”
  • Chinese: “Sai Kavango Chiu”
  • Chinese: “西卡万戈区”
  • Dutch: “Kavango West”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Kavango piirkond”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Okavango ringkond”
  • Faroese: “Kavango West”
  • French: “Kavango West”
  • Galician: “Kavango do Oeste”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი კავანგო”
  • German: “Kavango-West”
  • German: “Region Kavango-West”
  • Ido: “Regiono Kavango-Westo”
  • Indonesian: “Region Kavango West”
  • Italian: “Regione del Kavango Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “西カバンゴ州”
  • Korean: “서카방고주”
  • Macedonian: “Западно Каванго”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Kavango Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kavango West”
  • Persian: “کاوانگو غربی”
  • Polish: “Okawango Zachodnie”
  • Portuguese: “Kavango Ocidental”
  • Russian: “Западное Каванго”
  • Russian: “Западный Окаванго”
  • Sinhala: “කාවන්ගෝ බටහිර පළාත (නැමීබියාව)”
  • Sinhala: “කාවන්ගෝ බටහිර පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Kavango West”
  • Spanish: “Kavango del Oeste”
  • Spanish: “Región de Kavango del Oeste”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш Каванго”
  • Ukrainian: “Західне Каванго”
  • Urdu: “کاوانگو غربی”
  • Western Armenian: “Արեւմտեան Քավանկօ”
  • Western Frisian: “Kavango-West”
  • Wu Chinese: “西卡万戈区”
  • Zulu: “Kavango West”

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