Keetmanshoop

Keetmanshoop is the capital of the region of southern . It's one of the main stopping points on the B1 between and .
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  • Type: Town with 21,000 residents
  • Description: a city of Namibia
  • Also known as: “Kokerbaumwald”, “Modderfontein”, “Swartmodder”, and “Китмансхоуп”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Keetmanshoop railway station and Eagle Monument.

Railway station
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is a railway station serving the town of Keetmanshoop in . It was erected in 1908 when the territory was colonised by Imperial Germany.

Monument
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The is a in Keetmanshoop, in the ǁKaras Region of . It was designated a National Monument of Namibia on 1 August 1967.

Keetmanshoop

Latitude
-26.5791° or 26° 34′ 45″ south
Longitude
18.1342° or 18° 8′ 3″ east
Population
21,000
Elevation
998 metres (3,274 feet)
IATA airport code
KMP
UN/LOCODE
NA KMP
Open location code
5F5WC4CM+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 82260251
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3356264
Wiki­data ID
Q160884
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Keetmanshoop” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Amharic: “ኪትማንሾፕ”
  • Arabic: “كيتمانشوب”
  • Asturian: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Azerbaijani: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Belarusian: “Кітмансхуп”
  • Bengali: “কিটমানশুপ”
  • Bengali: “কিটম্যানশূপ”
  • Bulgarian: “Кетмансхоп”
  • Catalan: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Cebuano: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Chinese: “基特曼斯胡普”
  • Danish: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Dutch: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيتمانشوب”
  • Esperanto: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Estonian: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Faroese: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Finnish: “Keetmanshoop”
  • French: “Keetmanshoop”
  • German: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Hausa: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Hebrew: “קיטמנסהופ”
  • Hindi: “कीटमानशूप”
  • Hindi: “केटमांसहोप”
  • Indonesian: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Italian: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Japanese: “ケートマンスフープ”
  • Javanese: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Kazakh: “Китмансхуп”
  • Kirghiz: “Китмансхуп”
  • Korean: “케이트만스호프”
  • Lithuanian: “Ketmanshopas”
  • Malay: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Northern Frisian: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cēetmānhop”
  • Oromo: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੀਟਮਾਨਸ਼ੂਪ”
  • Persian: “کیتمنشوپ”
  • Polish: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Portuguese: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Pushto: “کیٹمنشوپ”
  • Romanian: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Russian: “Китмансхуп”
  • Shona: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Somali: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Spanish: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Swahili: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Swedish: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Tajik: “Китмансхуп”
  • Tatar: “Китмансхуп”
  • Turkish: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Ukrainian: “Кітмансхуп”
  • Urdu: “کیتمانشوپ”
  • Uzbek: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Zeeuws: “Keetmanshoop”
  • Zulu: “Keetmanshoop”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Keetmanshoop and Noordhoek.

ǁKaras: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Lüderitz and Oranjemund.

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