Keetmanshoop

Keetmanshoop
ǂNuǂgoaes
Swartmodder
City
Clockwise from top: Keetmanshoop church, Keetmanshoop airport, Colonial ruins, Aerial view of Keetmanshoop, Colonial post office
Coat of arms of Keetmanshoop
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Laborando vincimus
Keetmanshoop is located in Namibia
Keetmanshoop
Keetmanshoop
Location in Namibia
Keetmanshoop is located in Africa
Keetmanshoop
Keetmanshoop
Keetmanshoop (Africa)
Coordinates: 26°34′43″S 18°8′0″E / 26.57861°S 18.13333°E / -26.57861; 18.13333
Country Namibia
RegionǁKaras Region
ConstituencyKeetmanshoop Urban
Established14 April 1866
Government
 • MayorMcDonald Hanse (LPM)
 • Deputy MayorCharlcyta Cooper (LPM)
Area
 • Total
202.4515 sq mi (524.3469 km2)
 • Land202.4515 sq mi (524.3469 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Population
 (2023)[1][2]
 • Total
27,862
 • Density140/sq mi (53/km2)
 • Density103.6/sq mi (40/km2)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
ClimateBWh
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Keetmanshoop is a town[3] in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, lying on the Trans-Namib Railway from Windhoek to Upington in South Africa. It is named after Johann Keetman, a German industrialist and benefactor of the city.

  1. ^ "Table 4.2.2 Urban population by Census years (2001 and 2011)" (PDF). Namibia 2011 - Population and Housing Census Main Report. Namibia Statistics Agency. p. 39. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. ^ "2023 Population & Housing Census Preliminary Report" (PDF). Statistics Namibia.
  3. ^ "Local Authorities". Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN). Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2012.