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Key facts
- Country
- Namibia
- Capital
- Tsumeb (-2008), Omuthiya (2008-present)
- Governor
- Sacky Kathindi
- Total
- 38,685 km (14,936 sq mi)
- Density
- 6.6512/km (17.227/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( CAT )
- Hdi 2017
- 0.636 , medium · 7th
- Website
- oshikotorc .gov .na
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- region of Namibia
- Country
- Namibia
- Located in
- Namibia
- Contains
- Tsumeb Constituency
- Capital
- Omuthiya
- Population
- 181973
- Area
- 38653
- Time zone
- Central Africa Time
- Shares border with
- Ohangwena Region
- Official website
- www.oshikoto-rc.org
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- Commons category
- Oshikoto
- language used
- Ndonga
- topic's main category
- Category:Oshikoto Region
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Encyclopedic overview
Oshikoto is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, named after Lake Otjikoto. Its capital is Omuthiya. Further major settlements in the region are Tsumeb, Otjikoto's capital until 2008, and Oniipa. As of 2020, Oshikoto had 112,170 registered voters.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oshikoto Region” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.