Kunene
Kunene is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Opuwo, its governor is Vipuakuje Muharukua. The region's name comes from the Kunene River which forms the northern border with Angola.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Twyfelfontein and Epupa Falls.
Twyfelfontein
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Twyfelfontein is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of ancient rock engravings in the Kunene region of north-western Namibia.
Epupa Falls
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Epupa Falls is in Kaokoland in the remote north of the Kunene Region of northwestern Namibia. Most inhabitants are Ovahimba.
Opuwo
Opuwo is the main town of the Kaokoland area, and the capital of the wider Kunene region, in north-western Namibia. It has a population of 20,000.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Outjo and Khorixas.
Outjo
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Outjo is a town of 15,000 inhabitants in the Kunene Region of Namibia. It is the district capital of Outjo Constituency. It is best known as the main gateway to Etosha National Park.
Khorixas
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Khorixas is a town of about 6,800 inhabitants in Kunene in Namibia. The town is near an important deposit of petrified wood and the Twyfelfontein valley, known for its rock art.
Kaokoland
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Kaokoland is an area in the NW corner of Namibia's Kunene Region. It remains the most 'untouched' and remote part of the country, much of it still only accessible by 4x4 on hardcore tracks - not for the faint-hearted! The main town in the area is 1 Opuwo.
Skeleton Coast National Park
Skeleton Coast National Park is in Kunene, Namibia. Its attractions include a shipwreck at the South West Seal viewpoint, Huab lagoon and the collapsed oil drilling rig.
Kunene
- Type: region of Namibia with 121,000 residents
- Description: region of Namibia
- Also known as: “Kunene Region”
- Neighbors: Erongo and Otjozondjupa
- Location: Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Kunene” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kunene”
- Arabic: “اقليم كونيني”
- Arabic: “منطقة كونيني”
- Armenian: “Կունենե”
- Asturian: “Kunene”
- Basque: “Kunene”
- Bengali: “কুনেনে অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Кунене”
- Catalan: “Cunene”
- Cebuano: “Kunene”
- Chinese: “Kunene Chiu”
- Chinese: “库内内区”
- Chinese: “庫內內區”
- Croatian: “Kunene”
- Danish: “Kunene Region”
- Dutch: “Kunene”
- Esperanto: “Kaokolandio”
- Esperanto: “Kunene”
- Esperanto: “regiono Kunene”
- Esperanto: “Regiono Kunene”
- Estonian: “Kunene piirkond”
- Estonian: “Kunene ringkond”
- Faroese: “Kunene”
- Finnish: “Kunene”
- French: “Kunene”
- Galician: “Kunene”
- Galician: “Rexión de Kunene”
- Georgian: “კუნენეს რეგიონი”
- German: “Kunene”
- German: “NA-KU”
- Greek: “Κουνένε”
- Gujarati: “કુનેન પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “קוננה”
- Hindi: “कुनेने प्रदेश”
- Ido: “Regiono Kunene”
- Indonesian: “Region Kunene”
- Indonesian: “Wilayah Kunene”
- Italian: “regione del Kunene”
- Italian: “Regione del Kunene”
- Japanese: “クネネ州”
- Kannada: “ಕುನೆನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Korean: “쿠네네주”
- Latvian: “Kunenes reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Kunenės regionas”
- Luxembourgish: “Kunene”
- Malay: “Kunene Region”
- Marathi: “कुनेने प्रदेश”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kunene Chiu”
- Northern Frisian: “Kunene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kunene”
- Norwegian: “Kunene”
- Persian: “منطقه کوننه”
- Polish: “Kunene”
- Portuguese: “Kunene”
- Russian: “Кунене”
- Sinhala: “කුයිනි පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Kunene”
- Slovenian: “NA-KU”
- Spanish: “Kaokolandia”
- Spanish: “Kunene”
- Spanish: “Región de Kunene”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kunene”
- Swedish: “Kunene”
- Tamil: “குணேனே பகுதி”
- Telugu: “కునెని ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “เขตคูเนเน่”
- Turkish: “Kunene”
- Ukrainian: “Кунене”
- Urdu: “کونینے ریجن”
- Urdu: “کونینے علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Kunene”
- Western Armenian: “Քունենէ”
- Western Frisian: “Kunene (regio)”
- Western Frisian: “Kunene”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ کنونے”
- Wu Chinese: “库内内区”
- Zulu: “Kunene Region”
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