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Ondangwa
Oshanatown
Total population
30,000
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Namibia Statistics Agency. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Situated in Oshana, Namibia, Ondangwa is a town. Public datasets list a population of roughly 30,000. The settlement sits at -17.910°, 15.973°, a tropical location in the southern hemisphere. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 2,315 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 91% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Pied CrowCorvus albus Statius Muller, 1776 · Aves26
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves25
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves23
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves21
- African Palm-SwiftCypsiurus parvus (M.H.K.Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves20
- Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus (Latham, 1790) · Aves19
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves11
- Southern CordonbleuUraeginthus angolensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves10
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4 — 2010-04-1150 km S of Ondangwa, Namibia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here






People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Oshana
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org