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Rundu
Kavango Eastcity
Rundu
Total population
63,431
Founded
1936
Demographic figures from Namibia Statistics Agency. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Rundu is the capital and the largest city of the Kavango-East Region in northern Namibia. It lies on the border with Angola on the banks of the Kavango River, about 1,000 metres above sea level. Rundu's population is growing rapidly. The 2001 census counted 36,964 inhabitants; for the 2023 census it climbed to 118,632.
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History
In 1936, it became the seat of the local governor, replacing Nkurenkuru as the capital of the Kavango district. Since then, it has grown into a multilingual city of the Kavango region. Its official status was changed to that of a town. Since 1993, St. Mary's Cathedral has been the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Rundu.
Geography
Many of Rundu's residents live in shacks. In 2020, the town had 18,219 informal housing structures, accommodating more than 76,000 inhabitants more than the most recent (2011) census reported as the total population figure. The oldest houses in Rundu are in the Katutura area. The houses are mainly two-bedroom homes with large backyards, even though they are situated next to the central business district. On the west is Tutungeni, which means "let's build". This area was previously occupied by executives of the white-dominated business place, but now it is open for any willing buyer in need of a quiet neighbourhood. On the East is Safari. There are the middle-priced houses built in the 1970s. The three main localities dominated Rundu residential life until the turn of the millennium in 2000, when new housing projects by O'B Davids Properties built a new residential area called Millennium Park. After that, two others were constructed by the NHE, Queens and Kings Parks, respectively. Recently, a new formal location was added, named Rainbow. Outside the formal suburbs, shanty towns symbolise the rapid urbanisation of the town and high unemployment rates. Kehemu (Ghetto), Kaisosi (also known by the locals as Cali), Sauyemwa (SA), and Ndama are the most informal areas, while a fourth, Donkerhoek (Dark Corner), is rapidly becoming formal since the Build Together Campaign was begun in 1992. Rundu has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh), with hot summers and relatively mild winters (with warm days and chilly to cool nights). Even though it has a hot semi-arid climate, the area experiences high diurnal temperature variation during the winter with average high temperatures at roughly and average low temperatures at . The large swing in daily temperature is more commonplace…
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- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API