Blouwes

Demographic figures from Namibia Statistics Agency. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Blouwes is a settlement of about 300 people in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, located about 48 kilometres (30 mi) north-east of Keetmanshoop on the D3911 district road.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Karas

• Tses
  19.9 mi away · pop. 1,000
• Keetmanshoop
  31.6 mi away · pop. 20,977
• Berseba
  32.8 mi away
• Gainachas
  44.3 mi away
• Koës
  54.7 mi away
• Kutenhoas
  63 mi away
• Bethanie
  73.5 mi away · pop. 3,900
• Aroab
  96.7 mi away · pop. 5,000
• Grünau
  110.5 mi away
• Aus
  129.8 mi away
• ǀAi-ǀAis
  132.1 mi away
• Karasburg
  132.7 mi away · pop. 6,000

Browse all places in Karas →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Tetraena rigida

Tetraena rigida

Seen 2026-05-29

Leafy Spindlepod

Cleome foliosa

Seen 2026-05-29

Monsonia luederitziana

Monsonia luederitziana

Seen 2026-05-29

Karoo Balbyter Ant

Camponotus fulvopilosus

Seen 2025-11-15

White Chascanum

Chascanum garipense

Seen 2025-09-12

Sandpaper bush

Kissenia capensis

Seen 2023-12-31

White Djirrie

Rogeria longiflora

Seen 2023-12-31

Ringwood

Maerua schinzii

Seen 2023-12-31

Wild Tamarisk

Tamarix usneoides

Seen 2022-08-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).