Outjo Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Outjo | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,344 ft / 1,324 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°04′40″S16°07′30″E / 20.07778°S 16.12500°E | ||||||||||||||
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Outjo Airport( ICAO : FYOJ) is an airport serving Outjo, in the Kunene Region of Namibia.
Kunene is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Opuwo, its governor is Marius Sheya. The region's name comes from the Kunene River which forms the northern border with Angola. Besides the capital Opuwo, the region contains the municipality of Outjo, the town Khorixas and the self-governed village Kamanjab. Kunene is home to the Himba people, a subtribe of the Herero, as well as to Damara people and Nama people. As of 2020, Kunene had 58,548 registered voters.
Outjo is an electoral constituency in the Kunene Region of Namibia. Its district capital is the town of Outjo, its population was 8,947 in 2004. As of 2020, it has 9,197 registered voters.
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Ondjiva, formerly Vila Pereira d'Eça, is a town, with a population of 121,537 (2014), and a commune in the municipality of Cuanhama, province of Cunene, Angola. It is also the administrative capital of Cunene Province and is located at the extreme south of the country, about 42 kilometres (26 mi) from the border with Namibia. It was traditionally the seat of the Ovambo king of the Oukwanyama tribe. Ondjiva was greatly affected by the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002).
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