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Business Distribution by Industry in Opuwo

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Other accommodation	13
Public administration	10

Opuwo Facts

Area	1.8 km²
Population	4,085
Male Population	2,084 (51.0%)
Female Population	2,001 (49.0%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+164.6%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+24.5%
Median Age	22.6 years (Male: 22, Female: 23.3)
Area Codes	65
Local Time
Timezone	Central Africa Time
Lat & Lng	-18.06068, 13.83998

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Opuwo Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	1,544	2,475	3,282	3,990	4,085	4,579	5,008
Population Density	882.3 / km²	1,414.3 / km²	1,875.4 / km²	2,280 / km²	2,334.3 / km²	2,616.6 / km²	2,861.7 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Opuwo Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 24.5% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Opuwo	+164.6%	+65.1%	+24.5%
Kunene Region	—	—	—
Namibia	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Opuwo Median Age

Median Age: 22.6 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Opuwo	22.6 yrs	23.3 yrs	22 yrs
Kunene Region	19.9 yrs	20 yrs	19.8 yrs
Namibia	21.1 yrs	21.7 yrs	20.6 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Opuwo Population Density

Population Density: 2,334 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Opuwo	4,085	1.75 km²	2,334 / km²
Kunene Region	106,962	115,143.7 km²	0.9 / km²
Namibia	2.5 million	824,094.1 km²	3 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Opuwo Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1850 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Opuwo CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Opuwo	10,738 tn	2.63 tn	6,135.7 tons/km²
Kunene Region	263,463 tn	2.46 tn	2.3 tons/km²
Namibia	7,056,182 tn	2.84 tn	8.6 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Opuwo CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	10,738 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	2.63 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	6,135.7 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	High (9)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.

Opuwo

Opuwo is the capital of the Kunene Region in north-western Namibia. The town is situated about 720 km north-northwest from the capital Windhoek, and has a population of 15,000. Pieter de Villiers of the Congress of Democrats is the town's mayor.

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