Southern Africa
Namibia
ǁKaras

ǁKhauxaǃnas

ǁKhauxaǃnas is an uninhabited village with a ruined fortress in south-eastern , east of the . It is the oldest systematically designed and built structure in Namibia, pre-dating all buildings erected by Europeans.
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ǁKhauxaǃnas

Latitude
-27.2339° or 27° 14′ 2″ south
Longitude
19.33069° or 19° 19′ 51″ east
Open location code
5F4XQ88J+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1083989600
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q394760
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“ǁKhauxaǃnas” goes by many names.

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