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This is a list of newspapers in Jamaica: Daily Star [1] The Daily Gleaner, the oldest Jamaican daily published by Gleaner Company, founded in 1834, oldest continually published, English language newspaper in the Western Hemisphere [2] The Agriculturalist, the oldest and most consistent agricultural newspaper in the Caribbean for 28 years ...
According to the Namibia 2011 Population and Housing Census, Kunene had a population of 86,856 (43,253 females and 43,603 males or 101 males for every 100 females) growing at an annual rate of 2.3%. The fertility rate was 4.9 children per woman. 26% lived in urban areas while 74% lived in rural areas, and with an area of 115,293 km 2 , the ...
Newspaper Circulation First issued Languages Ownership Website The Namibian: 40,000 (2010) [1] 1985 English, Oshiwambo: Free Press of Namibia [2] www.namibian.com.na: Namibian Sun: 36,000 (2007, planned) [3] 2007 English Namibia Media Holdings [4] namibiansun.com: Republikein: 18,000 [2] 1977 Afrikaans, English Namibia Media Holdings [4] www ...
Opuwo is the capital of the Kunene Region in north-western Namibia. The town is situated about 720 km north-northwest of the capital Windhoek , and has a population of around 12,300 (2023). It is the commercial hub of the Kunene Region.
Since then, demarcations and numbers of regions and constituencies of Namibia are tabled by delimitation commissions and accepted or declined by the National Assembly. In 1992, the 1st Delimitation Commission, chaired by Judge President Johan Strydom, proposed that Namibia should be divided into 13 regions. The suggestion was approved in the ...
Tourism is a major contributor (14.5%) to Namibia's GDP, creating tens of thousands of jobs (18.2% of all employment) directly or indirectly and servicing over a million tourists per annum. [47] The country is among the prime destinations in Africa and is known for ecotourism which features Namibia's extensive wildlife .
It is one of the fastest developing towns in the Kunene Region. South of Outjo is the Ugab River, one of the major rivers of Namibia. [7] The town lies near Gamkarab Cave, known for its stalactites and stalagmites and its pietersite. The caves are on private ground and not open to the public.
As of 2015 Namibia has thirteen cities, each of them governed by a municipality council that has between 7 and 15 seats. Compared to towns, cities have the authority to set up facilities like public transport, housing schemes, museums, and libraries without the approval of the Minister of Urban and Rural Development.