Opuwo

Opuwo is the main town of the area, and the capital of the wider region, in north-western . It has a population of 20,000.
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  • Type: Town with 9,080 residents
  • Description: city in Namibia
  • Also known as: “Ohopuho” and “Opuwa”

Opuwo

Latitude
-18.055° or 18° 3′ 18″ south
Longitude
13.8387° or 13° 50′ 20″ east
Population
9,080
Elevation
1,151 metres (3,776 feet)
IATA airport code
OPW
United Nations Location Code
NA OPW
Open location code
5FHMWRVQ+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 259003379
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3354077
Wiki­data ID
Q1024089
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Opuwo” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Opuwo”
  • Arabic: “أوبوو”
  • Asturian: “Opuwo”
  • Bengali: “অপউভু”
  • Bulgarian: “Опуво”
  • Cebuano: “Opuwo (kapital sa rehiyon)”
  • Cebuano: “Opuwo”
  • Chinese: “奥普沃”
  • Chinese: “奧普沃”
  • Danish: “Opuwo”
  • Dutch: “Opuwo”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوبوو”
  • Estonian: “Opuwo”
  • Faroese: “Opuwo”
  • Finnish: “Opuwo”
  • French: “Opuwo”
  • German: “Opuwo”
  • Greek: “Οπούγο”
  • Gujarati: “ઓપુવો”
  • Hindi: “ओपुवो”
  • Indonesian: “Opuwo”
  • Italian: “Opuwo”
  • Japanese: “オプウォ”
  • Kannada: “ಒಪುವೊ”
  • Korean: “오푸오”
  • Latvian: “Opuvo”
  • Lithuanian: “Opuvas”
  • Malay: “Opuwo”
  • Marathi: “ओपूवो”
  • Northern Frisian: “Opuwo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Opuwo”
  • Polish: “Opuwo”
  • Portuguese: “Opuwo”
  • Romanian: “Opuwo”
  • Russian: “Опуво”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ohopoho”
  • Sinhala: “ඔපුවෝ”
  • Slovenian: “Opuwo”
  • Spanish: “Opuwo”
  • Swahili: “Opuwo”
  • Swedish: “Opuwo”
  • Tamil: “ஒப்புவோ”
  • Telugu: “ఓపువో”
  • Thai: “โอปูโว”
  • Turkish: “Opuwo”
  • Ukrainian: “Опуво”
  • Urdu: “اوپوؤ”
  • Vietnamese: “Opuwo”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥普沃”
  • Zulu: “Opuwo”

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