Oshikuku

city Oshikuku
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motto	Co-operation, Hardwork, Development (collaboration, hard work, development)
Basic data
Population Area Population Density	2600 (2011 census) 19.2 km² 135.1 inh / km²
State Region Constituency	Namibia Omusati Oshikuku
Establishment date
License plate phone code
Website	www.oshikukutc.org.na

Oshikuku is a city and the administrative seat of the constituency of the same name in the Omusati region in Namibia . It has about 2600 inhabitants (as of 2011). The place is located 27 kilometers northwest of Oshakati at 1086 meters above sea level.

According to various statements, the city has an area of ​​19.2 square kilometers (km²) or 793 km².

Oshikuku was granted city status in September 2010 or early February 2011. Previously it had been a village since 2005.

Local politics

The following official final result was determined in the 2015 local elections .

Political party	be right	Share of votes	Seats
SWAPO	497	96.9%	7th
DTA	016	03.1%	0
All in all	513	100%	7th

Town twinning

• Pfungstadt , since 2018

Web links

• Benedictine Sisters of Oshikuku of the Apostolic Vicariate Rundu

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Namibia 2011 Population and Housing Census Preliminary Results. Namibia Statistics Agency, April 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) accessed on May 9, 2012
2. ↑ ^{a b} Overview - Oshikuku Town Council. Oshikuku Town Council. ( Memento of December 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved May 9, 2015
3. ^ WITH NEW TOWN CEOs, Namibian Sun, February 14, 2011
4. ↑ Official election results of the regional and local elections 2015, ECN, December 4, 2015 ( Memento of December 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 150 kB)
5. ↑ Oshikuku is being upgraded. Allgemeine Zeitung, December 13, 2018.

Coordinates: 17 ° 39 ′ 20 ″  S , 15 ° 28 ′ 19 ″  E